May 12, 1999
GETTER SELECTED TO MACCABIAH PAN AMERICAN GAMES
BETHLEHEM, PA --- Senior Matt Getter (Broomall/Marple Newtown HS) of the Moravian
College mens basketball team has been named to the United States Jewish All-American
Division III First Team and been selected to play for the United States in the Maccabiah
Pan American Games this summer.
The Maccabiah Pan American Games will be played in Mexico City, Mexico between July 8th and
20th.
Getter led the US Jewish All-American team in three-point field goal percentage at 38.6
percent (71 made three-pointers of 184 attempts). Getters 71 three-pointers set the
Moravian single season record. He also set the school marks for three-pointers in a game
with nine against Elizabethtown College on January 23rd of this past season
and in a career with 142.
This past winter, Getter was second on the Moravian squad with a 14.5 point per game.
He added 78 rebounds, 50 steals and 38 assists. Getter was named to the Middle Atlantic
Conference Executive Directors All-Academic Team this season and was one the MAC
Academic Honor Roll the previous two years.
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