April 4, 2026, 11:27 a.m. ET
INDIANAPOLIS – When 68-year-old Rick “Stats” Klapthor was asked why he likes his job at Gannon University, he kept it short and sweet.
“I don’t have to get dressed up for games,” Klapthor said. “I don’t have a big wardrobe so it makes my decisions easier.”
Spry humor and a man who is both passionate about his school but takes his job as seriously as he did when he first started doing stats for Gannon during the fall of 1975. Klapthor, who is known as ‘Stats’, been keeping the official book for Golden Knights men’s and women’s basketball and basketball games for 51 years. Stats was 17 years old when he began his role in keeping a tight and accurate sheet.
