Title IX could have change into regulation 50 years in the past this week, however girls’s sports activities in Louisiana return to the flip of the twentieth century with highschool, school and membership groups in a number of sports activities.
That made selecting 25 individuals who best-represent girls’s sports activities within the Bayou State troublesome due to the depth and variety of the sector. But it surely was additionally rewarding figuring out that the alternatives supplied, particularly up to now half-century, have helped produce so many worthy candidates.
The time span for these chosen goes from the Nineteen Forties to the current day.
Basketball dominates with 14 gamers and coaches, however six sports activities in all are represented.
Right here, then, are our greatest of the very best:
Seimone Augustus, Basketball
Essentially the most honored participant from Louisiana, Augustus was a two-time Wade Trophy winner (awarded to the nation’s high girls’s school basketball participant) at LSU, the place her quantity has been retired. The Capitol Excessive grad was an eight-time WNBA All-Star and a three-time Olympian earlier than retiring in 2021.
Courtney Blades-Rogers, Softball
The Baton Rouge native and 2000 Nationwide Participant of the Yr, Blades-Rogers had a standout profession at each Nicholls State and Southern Miss, chalking up a 151-34 document with a then-NCAA document 1,773 strikeouts.
D-D Breaux, Gymnastics
Breaux, a Donaldsonville native, took over the LSU program in 1978, and her 43-season tenure is tied for essentially the most for an SEC coach in any sport. Breaux’s groups received 800 meets and made eight NCAA championships.
Queen Brumfield Nard, Basketball
A 3-time All-American at Southeastern, Brumfield Nard led the Woman Lions to the 1977 AIAW Division II championship. Greater than 40 years later, her 2,972 factors and 1,586 rebounds stay college information.
Clifford Ann Creed, Golf
The primary lady elected to the Louisiana Sports activities Corridor of Fame, Creed, an Alexandria native, was the LPGA Rookie of the Yr in 1963, was within the High 10 in cash earned for six years and received 11 tournaments.
Sylvia Fowles, Basketball
Fowles was a two-time All-American at LSU and a member of 4 Ultimate 4 groups. She was the WNBA’s MVP in 2017 and is the league’s profession rebound chief. Fowles is also a three-time Olympic gold medalist.
Sandy Fussell, Volleyball
At Assumption Excessive College in her native Napoleonville, Fussell grew to become the state’s premier prep volleyball coach. In 35 years, her groups received 1,080 matches with eight state championships.
Lin Gamble, Basketball
The DeSoto Parish native was a three-time NAIA All-American at Ouachita Baptist and performed in each the World College Video games and Pan-American Video games, the place she led the U.S. to a silver medal in 1971.
Yvette Girouard, Softball
A local of Broussard, Girouard posted stellar information at each UL (759-250) and LSU (526-171-1) throughout a 31-year profession that included 5 Girls’s School World Collection appearances and produced 41 All-People.
Sue Gunter, Basketball
A Naismith Basketball Corridor of Famer, Gunter got here to LSU from Stephen F. Austin in 1983 and coached the Tigers till 2004, retiring with a 442-221 document and 14 NCAA match berths.
Aleia Hobbs, Monitor & Area
A New Orleanian who prepped at McMain, Hobbs received 4 NCAA championships in her senior season at LSU. Hobbs turned professional in 2018 and was a member of the U.S. gold-medal 4×400 relay on the Tokyo Olympics.
Sonja Hogg, Basketball
In 1974, Hogg based the Louisiana Tech Woman Techsters, even developing with the long-lasting nickname. In 11 years, Hogg directed Tech to a 307-55 document, six Ultimate Fours and two nationwide championships.
Susan Jackson, Gymnastics
Jackson, who will enter the Louisiana Sports activities Corridor of Fame this weekend, led LSU to its first three Tremendous Six appearances. In 2010, Jackson received the NCAA all-around and stability beam titles.
Vickie Johnson, Basketball
A two-time All-American at Louisiana Tech, the place she scored 1,891 factors with 831 rebounds, the Shreveport native went on to a 13-year profession within the WNBA the place she was the primary participant to attain 4,000 factors.
Esther Jones, Monitor & Area
A part of 4 out of doors nationwide championship groups at LSU, plus two indoor ones, Jones was 21-time All-American. She was a gold medalist on the U.S. 4×100 relay within the 1992 Olympics.
Janice Joseph-Richard, Basketball
A prep standout at Peabody in Alexandria and a two-time All-American at Louisiana School, Joseph was 159-34 in seven seasons because the coach at Xavier, 55-23 at LC and coached at San Jose State earlier than her loss of life in 2010 at age 46.
Pam Kelly, Basketball
The Columbia native led Louisiana Tech to 4 straight AIAW Ultimate 4 berths, capped by the Woman Techsters’ first nationwide title in 1982. Kelly claimed the Wade Trophy.
Kim Mulkey, Basketball
A prep legend at Hammond Excessive, a Naismith Corridor of Famer and now the LSU coach, Mulkey was the purpose guard on two nationwide title groups at Louisiana Tech and a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic staff. She coached Baylor to a few NCAA titles.
Mickey Patterson-Tyler, Monitor & Area
After an undefeated prep and school profession, the New Orleans native made historical past in 1948 when she grew to become the primary Black American lady to medal within the Olympics, taking the bronze within the 200 meters.
Chanda Rubin, Tennis
The Lafayette native is the one Louisianan with a Grand Slam title — the 1996 Australian Open doubles with Aranxta Sanchez-Vicario. Rubin received 9 tour singles titles and was ranked as excessive as No. 6.
Carrice Russell-Baker, Basketball
Nonetheless the state’s winningest highschool coach with 972 victories, 4 of Russell-Baker’s groups at Winnsboro received state titles within the six-player period and 4 extra at Jena had been state champions in a five-player format.
Danielle Scott, Volleyball
The Baton Rouge native was a five-time Olympian, serving to the U.S. twice win silver. Scott was the 1993 school participant of the yr at Lengthy Seaside and is within the Worldwide Volleyball Corridor of Fame.
Lisa Stockton, Basketball
Going into her twenty ninth season teaching at Tulane, Stockton wants 17 extra victories to surpass Louisiana Tech’s Leon Barmore for essentially the most at a Louisiana college (576). Stockton’s first 9 groups made the NCAA match.
Edna Tarbutton, Basketball
From 1947 till 1953, Tarbutton’s groups at Baskin received 218 straight video games, a mark unsurpassed within the historical past of the game at any degree. Tarbutton retired in 1975 with 654 victories and 9 state championships.
Teresa Weatherspoon, Basketball
Weatherspoon received the Wade Trophy and NCAA nationwide title with Louisiana Tech and Olympic gold with Group USA in her 1988 banner yr. A Naismith Corridor of Famer, her professional profession lasted till 2004. She was voted one of many high 20 gamers in WNBA historical past.