Former Western Washington University (WWU) basketball player Harold Doyal was recently inducted into the WWU Athletics Hall of Fame.
Doyal had a stellar four-year career for the Vikings and played for over a decade professionally overseas in France, Japan, Spain and Taiwan.
The 6-foot-9 Doyal finished his four years at WWU, second in career scoring with 1,571 points and third in both rebounds with 657 and blocked shots with 127. He earned honorable mention on WWU’s All-Century (1900-1999) basketball team.
Doyal averaged a team-leading 17.8 points as a senior in 1994-95, earning NAIA Division I All-America honorable mention, second-team Little All-Northwest and first-team Pacific Northwest Athletic Conference all-star honors.
As a junior in 1993-94, he helped the Vikings to a regional championship and the national tournament, receiving Little All-Northwest honorable mention and first-team all-region accolades.
During his professional career, Doyal was the French Pro A All-Star Game Slam Dunk Contest winner in 1999 and was first-team Pro B. He played in the Spanish LEB League All-Star Game in 2000 and was runner-up in the dunk contest that year. Doyal competed on a French Pro A championship team in 2001 and a French Pro B title-winning squad in 2004. His Spanish LEB team reached the Cup semifinals in 2007 and the Silver play-off semifinals in 2009.
Doyal averaged double-figure scoring in 11 of his 12 professional campaigns with a career-high of 20.1 points.
A graduate of Interlake High School in Bellevue, Wash., Doyal averaged 17.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 5.5 blocked shots as a senior for the Saints.
Doyal, 42, is currently an insurance underwriter for the Breckenridge Insurance Company based in Atlanta, Georgia. He majored in social sciences at WWU.
