North Carolina State University Athletics
ACC Announces 50th Anniversary Women's Basketball Team
9/25/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Sept. 25, 2002
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Atlantic Coast Conference 50th Anniversary Women's Basketball Team was announced today by Commissioner John Swofford. The 51-member team was voted on by a 27-member blue-ribbon committee that was selected by the league's 50th Anniversary Committee.
North Carolina led all league schools with 11 members on the Golden Anniversary team while NC State was second with nine honorees. Virginia and Maryland each had eight players selected, followed by Duke (5), Clemson (4) and Florida State, Georgia Tech and Wake Forest with two.
NC State 50th Anniversary Bios
Genia Beasley, NC State (1977-1980) NC State's all-time leading scorer with 2,367 points ... 1978 Kodak All-American ... became the first women's player ever to score over 2,000 career points ... Playing for the Junior Pan American Games, she won three gold medals ... holds eight school records and was named All-State, All-NCAIAW and All-Region II ... also selected North Carolina's AAU Female Amateur Athlete of the Year in 1978 ... The Wolfpack's all-time leader in rebounding, she is also first on the career list in field goals and blocked shots ... one of seven players to have her jersey retired by the school.
Summer Erb, NC State (1998-2000) Two-time All-ACC first team member, Erb was named the 1999 ACC Player of the Year ... claimed honorable mention Associated Press All-America honors in 1999 and 2000 ... earned All-America honors from the Women's Baskebtall Journal for those two seasons ... rounded out her career in Raleigh by claiming the H.C. Kennett Award presented annually to the top male and female athlete at NC State in 1999 and 2000 ... the 6'6" center was also a two-time Kodak District III All-American and a member of the 1,000-point club with 1,221 points ... a member of the Charlotte Sting where she posted career highs of 21 points and eight rebounds against the Los Angeles Sparks ... invited to the 1996 Olympic Trials and was a member of the 1998 Jones Cup.
Trudi Lacey, NC State (1978-1981) Ranks fifth on the all-time scoring chart (1,957) and second in career rebounds (1,051) ... Her 237 career steals ranks fifth in the Wolfpack record books ... part of the 1980 team that brought home the program's first ACC Championship ... still stands as the only player in the history of the ACC to be named to the All-tournament team four times ... named to the All-AIAW tournament team four times ... three-time member of the USA Select National team ... named an All-American in 1980 by the Women's Sports Federation and the National Scouting Service ... one of seven players to have her jersey retired by the school.
Rhonda Mapp, NC State (1989-1992) Member of the 1,000-point club with 1,553 points, also ranks in the top five in four statistical categories ... one of only three members in the 800 rebound club and ended her career with a 22.0 scoring average, good enough for fifth all-time ... earned honorable mention Kodak All-America honors in 1992, was invited to the 1992 OIympic Trials ... All-ACC honoree in 1991 and 1992 ... All-ACC Tournament honors in 1989 and 1991 ... played for the Charlotte Sting of the WNBA and recently eclipsed 1,000 points for her career in the league before joining the Los Angeles Sparks last season where she earned a WNBA championship ring.
Chasity Melvin, NC State (1995-1998) Led the Wolfpack to their first-ever Final Four appearance in 1998 ... became the fourth Kodak All-American from NC State in 1998 and earned All-East Regional and Final Four team honors her senior season ... After being named an All-American, Melvin set the record for the most points ever scored in a National Semi-Final game with a career-high 37 vs. Louisiana Tech in her final collegiate game ... only the second player in NC State basketball history, male or female, to earn 2,000 career points and 1,000 rebounds ... ended her NC State career third in rebounds (1,020), fourth in career points (2,042), field goals (838), free throws (366) and blocked shots (159) ... currently plays for the WNBA's Cleveland Rockers ... one of seven players to have her jersey retired by the school.
Linda Page, NC State (1982-1985) Linda "Hawkeye" Page is one of four NC State players to eclipse the 2,000 point mark, tallying 2,307 for her career to rank second on the NC State scoring charts ... two-time first-team All-ACC selection, she was named to the All-tournament team three times, including the tournament MVP in 1983 ... averaged 21.1 pts and 7.6 reb. her senior season in leading NC State to the 1985 ACC Championship ... holds the school record for career free throw percentage (85.3), career free throws (407) and most made free throws in a game (17) ... one of 7 players to have her jersey retired by the school.
Andrea Stinson, NC State (1989-1991) The Pack's only two-time Kodak All-American ... rewrote the NC State record books in her three seasons of collegiate play ... Unanimously selected as the ACC Player of the Year in 1990 ... named to the All-ACC team three times ... A consensus All-American selection in 1990 and 1991 ... holds seven Wolfpack records, including an ACC record most points scored in a game, with 50 against Providence during the 1989-90 season ... ranks among the top-five in five of NC State's all-time career categories ... currently a starting guard and leading scorer for the Charlotte Sting of the WNBA ... one of seven players to have her jersey retired by the school.
Trena Trice, NC State (1984-1987) A dominating center for the Wolfpack, ranks sixth on the school scoring charts (1,761 points) and fourth in career rebounds (984) ... was a member of two ACC Championship teams 1985 and 1987 ... three-time All-ACC ... she was a Street & Smith All-American and Women's Sports Federation All-American in 1987 ... selected to compete on the USA Select National team and USA Basketball Jones Cup team ... has played professional basketball overseas and at one time was a member of the WNBA's New York Liberty ... one of seven players to have her jersey retired by the school.
Susan Yow, NC State (1975-1976) Although she only played one season for the Wolfpack, Susan Yow left her mark in the NC State record books ... first NC State women's basketball player ever to be named to the Kodak All-America team, Yow led the 1975-76 squad in scoring (19.4 ppg), rebounding (11.9 rpg), field goal percentage (213-365; .584) and free throw percentage (79-95; .832) ... currently holds the school record for rebounds in a single game, with 27 in a January 17, 1976 contest against East Carolina ... the younger sister of head coach Kay Yow, Susan was an All-NCAIAW and All-NCAIAW tournament selection in 1976.
