Black Sports History Month – Lynette Woodard

Jamal T. Jackson, LCSW

2/22/2022

Lynette Woodard attended Wichita North High School (Wichita KS) in the 1980’s where she played Varsity Women’s Basketball, winning two consecutive state championships.  She would go on to attend University of Kansas on an athletic scholarship.  At KU basketball Lynette broke records in scoring and points per game, was a four year All-American and the first KU woman to have her jersey number retired when she left. Additionally, Lynette was named Academic All-American twice.  She would graduate from the University of Kansas in 1981, and go on to play professional basketball in the Italian Women’s League, win the 1984 women’s basketball gold medal, work as a stockbroker, become the first woman to play for the Harlem Globetrotters in 1985, be drafted by the Women’s National Basketball Association’s Cleveland Rockers in 1997, be inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004, become an athletic director and college coach and countless other accomplishments.  

Student Athlete Counseling would like to give a special shout out to student athlete pioneer Lynette Woodard on Black Sports History Month!

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