Peter Mullenberg

Pete Mullenberg, a 1977 graduate of Reading High, helped lead the basketball team to the District 3 Class 3A championship and a third-place finish in the PIAA Tournament as a senior. His short jumper lifted the Red Knights to a 65-63 win over Steel-High in the district final. Mullenberg earned a full scholarship to Delaware, where he scored 1,085 career points, averaged 10.2 per game and was a team captain twice. He once scored 17 points in a half against Virginia and Ralph Sampson. He was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers and played in the Philadelphia Baker League. He’s been inducted into the Berks County Basketball Hall of Fame and the Reading High School Athletic Hall of Fame.