Walter Mischler was Monmouth's first NAIA All-American, earning the distinction in 1962, while registering an NAIA national statistical best in rebounding and field goal percentage. Mischler, who was a First Team Central Atlantic Conference honoree in 1961 and 1962, scored 1,259 career points, making him the 11th-highest scorer in the school’s non-Division I history. Mischler holds the school record for points in a single game with 49 (Newark College of Engineering, 1/27/62) and rebounds in a season (625, 1961-62). Mischler was inducted into the Monmouth Athletic Hall of Fame in May 1981, as part of the first-ever class.