Hall of Fame
Bud Acton was the MIAA men's basketball MVP for the 1963-64 season and is one of only three men's basketball MVPs in Alma College history and the first to receive the honor. He was the MIAA scoring champion that year (389 points, 32.4 ppg) and is a two-time All-MIAA First-Team selection in 1962-63 and 1963-64. Acton is the owner of multiple school records, including posting 48 points against Albion on January 11, 1964, 615 points in the 1963-64 season and tallying 29.3 points per game that year, as well. He made and attempted a school-record 250 out of 486 field goals in 1963-64. He ranks second and third in single-season rebound totals (342 in 1963-64, 311 in 1962-63) and owns the top three single-season rebounds per game totals in program history (16.3 in 1963-64, 15.6 in 1962-63, 14.0 in 1961-62) having pulled down a school-record 29 rebounds against Olivet on February 9, 1963. His 1,190 career points are the 11th-most in school history and his 765 career rebounds are the fourth-most in program history. Acton appeared in 23 games for the San Diego Rockets (1967-68) of the NBA after making the team as an undrafted player.
