A 6'3" forward, he regularly battled with bigger men to average 14.8 points per game as a sophomore for the Beavers during their championship year.

In the 1950 NIT, he upped this average to 21.7 per game and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player as CCNY defeated Bradley in the final at Madison Square Garden.

[1] The next season, Warner and teammate Ed Roman were named co-captains for the Beavers and were poised to defend their championship titles.

On February 18, 1951, New York City District Attorney Frank Hogan arrested seven men for point shaving, including Warner.

Streit believed in rehabilitation by deprivation"[2]For his involvement in fixing games, Warner was permanently banned from playing in the National Basketball Association.