Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Reginald “Reggie Owens carved out one of the greatest basketball careers in the history of Rutgers University-Camden.

A stellar athlete out of Philadelphia’s University City High School, Owens became Rutgers-Camden’s all-time leader in games played, appearing in 100 contests from 1981-85. He ranks second on the program’s all-time career charts with 1,545 points, 96 blocked shots, 610 field goals, 325 free throws and 480 free throw attempts, while placing third with 724 rebounds. He also is fourth in field goal attempts (1,115) and in field goal percentage (54.7) for all players with the minimum of 250 attempts. He ranks seventh in career rebounding average (7.2 rpg) and 11th in scoring (15.5 ppg) for all players with a minimum of 35 career games played.

Owens’ name also appears throughout the program’s single-season charts, including twice for the most points (505, the ninth-highest total, in 1982-83 and 453 points, 14th, in 1983-84). He had 229 rebounds in 1982-83 (the 10th highest season total) and 189 in 1983-84 (22nd), averaged 19-4 points in 1982-83 (18th) and 18.1 points in 1983-84 (24th), had an 8.8 rebounding average in 1982-83 (16th) and collected 35 blocked shots in 1984-85 (fourth). His 58.9 percent field goal percentage in 1983-84 (175-for-297) is the third-highest single-season total in program history for all players with a minimum of 100 attempts.

A three-time team captain at Rutgers-Camden (1982-83, 1983-84 and 1984-85), Owens captured team MVP honors in each of those seasons. He also was honored with the Samuel Strauss Memorial Award as the team’s Most Dedicated Player for the 1982-83 season. That same year he notched his career highs of 36 points against Eastern (Jan. 15, 1983) and 17 rebounds against Spring Garden (Jan. 18, 1983) and captured Rutgers-Camden’s Male Athlete of the Year award.

During the 1983-84 campaign, Owens was named All-New Jersey State Athletic Conference First Team, received ECAC New York/New Jersey Metro First Team honors, was named to the Philadelphia Area Small College All-Star Team and was honored as the Player of the Week by the Philadelphia Sports Writers.

During his senior season, Owens was named to the New Jersey College/University All-Star Team.

Owens received his BA in Social Work from Rutgers-Camden in May, 1986. He now works as a team leader with the Glen Mills Schools and as a Real Estate Proprietor.