KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Known as one of Western Michigan's greatest basketball players and student athletes, Dr. Emanuel "Manny" Newsome will be honored before the Saturday, January 27 WMU men's basketball game against Northern Illinois at an indoor tailgate at the Student Recreation Center on WMU's campus
Newsome will also be recognized during a special halftime ceremony in which his No.5 jersey will be formally retired. Newsome, a basketball legend from Roosevelt High School in Gary, Ind., later became the first African American administrator at WMU and led a storied career in higher education in Indiana, Ohio and Florida.