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Tom Meikle led West Liberty to West Virginia Conference glory as a player and a coach during the 1960s. The Weirton, W.Va. native came to the hilltop in 1957 after a stint in the Coast Guard and joined the Hilltopper basketball team. The highlight of his Hilltopper hoops career came in 1960 when he and his teammates shocked nationally-ranked West Virginia Wesleyan to win the first WVIAC Tournament played in the Charleston Civic Center.
Honored as West Liberty’s Outstanding Male Athlete in 1960, Tom coached briefly at Marlington (Ohio) High School after graduation but returned to the hilltop in 1964 when he was hired as head basketball and baseball coach. His 1965 baseball team rolled to the WVIAC championship with a perfect 14-0 league mark but Meikle left the hilltop in 1967 to launch a highly-successful business career in the insurance industry.
In addition to his business exploits, Meikle spent nearly two decades coaching AAU girls’ basketball teams in northern West Virginia, leading three of them to Top 20 finishes in the national tournament. He also coached high school girls’ summer league teams in the Morgantown area.
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