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put together a 34-0 record that season, the first perfect season in NCAA Division I history. During her playing career at Texas, Ethridge and the Longhorns won the 1986 national championship and made two NCAA Elite Eight appearances and one trip to the Sweet Sixteen. She received just about every national award possible. 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 each year. 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. Ethridge continued her basketball successes following her collegiate career. She saw considerable action on the international level. The pinnacle of her extensive USA Basketball experience came as a member of the U.S. gold medal-winning Olympic squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. In addition, Ethridge won gold medals for Team USA at the 1986 Goodwill Games, 1986 World Championships and the 1987 Pan American Games. As a prep star at Monterey High School in Lubbock, Ethridge was named the Player of the Year in the state of Texas, an honor later bestowed upon Texas Tech great Sheryl Swoopes.
Kamie Ethridge being inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame with Texas women’s Athletic Director Christine Plonsky (left) and her former legendary coach at the University of Texas, Jody Conradt (right).
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