Huntingdon Valley’s Collin Gillespie was recently inducted into the Bustleton Bengals Hall of Fame.
His basketball-shaped trophy read, “Played with heart and never took a play off.”
Gillespie, 26, a St. Albert the Great Elementary School graduate, was a standout basketball player with the Bengals and has gone on to many other great things. He’s been a Catholic League, PIAA, NCAA and NBA champion.
In high school, Gillespie led Archbishop Wood to the Catholic League and state championships as a senior in 2017.
He went on to enjoy a brilliant college basketball career at Villanova, winning a national championship in 2018, making another Final Four, twice winning the Big East Conference Player of the Year award and earning the 2021-22 Bob Cousy Award as the nation’s top point guard.
Gillespie suffered a lower leg fracture in July 22 and missed his rookie NBA season as a member of the Denver Nuggets, who won their first championship.
Gillespie appeared in 24 games with the Nuggets in 2023-24 and 33 games with the Phoenix Suns last season. ••
