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History: The University of Arkansas Black Experience Celebration: The Silas Hunt Legacy Award Event Snapshot: University of Arkansas |
Home: Snapshot: Notable Firsts for Blacks in Women's Athletics Notable Firsts for Blacks in Women’s Athletics Basketball players: Joy Dillard and Deborah Cooper (the inaugural women’s basketball team in 1976) Basketball scholarship recruit: Erma Greer, 1981 Track and field athletes: Linda Bedford and Rochelle Armstrong (the inaugural team in 1977) All-American: Diann Ousley, 1979 Track and field national champion: Diann Ousley, 1979 Volleyball players: Krystal Osborne and Melanie Davis (inaugural team in 1994) Tennis player: Kendra Howard, 1995 Soccer player: Denise Brown, 1992 Softball players: Zenobia Davison and Valenna Lyons, 2002 Coach: Joey Anders, basketball assistant, 1984 Staff member: Pat Lowe, athletic administration, 1990 Associate head coach: Rolando “Lonnie” Greene, 2000. Green is the longest serving black coaching staff member for the Lady Razorbacks. He was named the national assistant coach of the year. Division head: DeeDee Brown Campbell, 2004. Campbell became the first former Lady Razorback and first African American named to head a division of Women’s Athletics in 2004. Basketball All-American: Delmonica DeHorney, 1990 Volleyball first-team All-conference selection: Krystal Osborne, 1994 1982 All-American Relay team: Wanda Harris, Gloria Russell, Lisa Sparks, and Patricia Johnson Other Lady’Back firsts: Shameka Christon became the first Arkansas player selected in the first round of the WNBA draft. Joey Anders became the first African American coach for women’s sports at Arkansas when he became an assistant coach in 1984-85. Also during the 1980s, Bert DeFreitas was an assistant tennis coach. Olympic and World Cup goal keeper Brianna Scurry served as keeper coach for the Lady Razorback soccer team in 1991. Former basketball assistant coach Trina Tillis became the head coach at Tyler Junior College in the late 1990s. Former Lady Razorback sprinter Pat Lowe became the first African American staff member, serving as the assistant to the athletic director in the early 1990s. |