Ketchum said he is compiling the list of the greatest women athletes at Texas.
Let’s not forget one that helped get it started in Basketball. Top 2 in my all time basketball .
Here is a recap
Ethridge had a prestigious playing career at the University of Texas, including leading the Longhorns to the 1986 national championship, where she was named the Most Valuable Player. She served as a team captain, and starting point guard, for the Longhorns while putting together the first perfect season in NCAA Division I history, finishing the 1985-86 campaign 34-0. Ethridge and Texas advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen every season while moving on to the Elite Eight twice.
A two-time Kodak All-American, Ethridge was honored with the Wade Trophy and the Honda Broderick Cup, awarded to the top female student-athlete in the country, in 1986. The final jewel in her awards crown was the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Player of the Year Award, presented annually to the nation’s top senior collegian under 5-foot-6 in height, that same season.
Ethridge continued her playing career after Texas while competing on the international level. She was a member of the U.S gold medal-winning Olympic team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Ethridge also won gold medals for Team USA at the 1986 Goodwill Games, 1986 World Championships and the 1987 Pan American Games.
Ethridge had her #33 jersey retired at Texas in September of 2019 as she became the first female athlete in Longhorns Athletics history to earn the honor.
Let’s not forget one that helped get it started in Basketball. Top 2 in my all time basketball .
Here is a recap
Ethridge had a prestigious playing career at the University of Texas, including leading the Longhorns to the 1986 national championship, where she was named the Most Valuable Player. She served as a team captain, and starting point guard, for the Longhorns while putting together the first perfect season in NCAA Division I history, finishing the 1985-86 campaign 34-0. Ethridge and Texas advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen every season while moving on to the Elite Eight twice.
A two-time Kodak All-American, Ethridge was honored with the Wade Trophy and the Honda Broderick Cup, awarded to the top female student-athlete in the country, in 1986. The final jewel in her awards crown was the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Player of the Year Award, presented annually to the nation’s top senior collegian under 5-foot-6 in height, that same season.
Ethridge continued her playing career after Texas while competing on the international level. She was a member of the U.S gold medal-winning Olympic team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Ethridge also won gold medals for Team USA at the 1986 Goodwill Games, 1986 World Championships and the 1987 Pan American Games.
Ethridge had her #33 jersey retired at Texas in September of 2019 as she became the first female athlete in Longhorns Athletics history to earn the honor.
