Was a four year starter and three time team MVP at Wilson in basketball
MVP at AAU Junior Olympics in 1975 & 1976. AAU All American in 1977
4 time Wilson High School Athlete of the Year in 1983, 84, 85, 86
Attended Anderson Jr. College and Francis Marion University on a Basketball scholarship and
graduated with a BS degree in Sociology
While at FMU she was a 3 time AIAW Small College All American 1976, 77, 78 and played in
three National Tournament appearances with FMU
She is a member of the FMU Hall of Fame and her jersey (#12) was retired in 1992
Named to FMU 20th Anniversary Women's Basketball Team
She set the all‐time collegiate scoring record, male & female, with 4,061
points in her career at FMU. Averaged 30.6 points a game for her career and before the
three point arc. Scored in double figures every game in her career at FMU
3 time SCAIAW All Tournament Team
4 time SCAIAW All State Team
American Women's Sports Foundation All American ‐ 1979
AWSF Small College Player of the Year ‐ 1979
SCAIAW Player of the Year ‐ 1979
1979 South Carolina Sports Writers “Player of the Year”
First round draft pick of WBL Pro Basketball League, New York Stars and played from 1979‐80
1980‐81 played with the St. Louis Streak where she was an All Star selection
She also played in the Foreign Pro League with Venezuela for one season
Named the South Carolina Amateur Athlete of the Year ‐ 1978‐79
She is a member of the South Carolina Hall of Fame ‐ 2000
Nominated for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. & the
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn. and a finalist for the coveted
Wade Trophy in 1978
Named a Palmetto Lady by the State of South Carolina
Named a Kentucky Colonel by the State of Kentucky
Was given the “Key to the City” on March 26, 1979 on Pearl Moore Day
After her pro career, she served as an Assistant Coach at Union High School with Anne Long,
her Wilson High School coach, where they won two state girls basketball titles
Appeared in Sports Illustrated's “Faces in the Crowd”
Inducted into 2011 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021