Millersville

A highly-productive post player from 1968-71, Wellington Cleaver put up numbers that still rank among Millersville's all-time leaders more than 40 years later.
 
Known as "Butch" during his playing days, Cleaver was a three-time All-PSAC East First Team selection, and at the time of his graduation, he was one of just four Marauders with that distinction. Cleaver was also recognized as a NAIA All-America Honorable Mention selection at the end of his junior and senior seasons. To this day, he is one of just four Marauders honored at the national level in more than one season.
 
Cleaver ranks 17th on Millersville's career scoring list with 1,378 points, and he hit that mark in just 68 games. His scoring average of 20.4 points per game ranks third all-time at Millersville. In his junior season of 1969-70, Cleaver scored more than 40 points three times. He concluded the year ranked second in the PSAC in scoring.
 
Cleaver was also a force on the boards. He pulled down 1,052 rebounds in his career, averaging an incredible 15.5 per game—the third most in school history. His 16.5 rebounds per game in 1969-70 still ranks fifth all-time, and his 15.7 rebounds per game in 1968-69 is seventh-best.
 
Cleaver earned a bachelor's degree in education in 1971. After a 40-year career in the commercial insurance industry working for multiple large insurance carriers, Cleaver retired in 2013. He is married to Marsharee Wilcox with three adult children: Stephen, who attended numerous Millersville games watching his father, Jennifer and Julie. He also has two grandchildren: Aiden and Maeve. He is currently a gentleman farmer at his home in Hampstead, Md.