University of San Francisco Athletics

Coach Ralph Arietta was very optimistic heading into the 1975 basketball season. With five key starters (Allen Thompson, Jimmy Burns, Lewis Michaux, Larry Rhodes, and Donald Ingram) and a great bench, achieving the elusive Region XV title finally happened.

The 1975 team hit the ground running winning their first 26 games. Allen Thompson was the team’s top defender and leading scorer. The Vikings came in to the Region Championship game against the team that beat them the previous year, New York City Community College. The win would mark the first Men’s Basketball Regional Championship in WCC history. Their final record before they entered National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Tournament in Kansas was an incredible 33-1.

Overall, the Vikings finished the season ranked #7 in the nation. Allen Thompson was named to the NJCAA All-American Second Team. He later transferred to the University of San Francisco and played for the number one ranked basketball team in the US at the time (SunyWestchesterAthletics). 

Thompson was inducted in 2013 to the Westchester CC Hall of Fame.