2012-13 LADY TECHSTER BASKETBALL
Louisiana Tech boasts six former players/coaches that have been enshrined into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, including four in the last five years.
Kim Mulkey
Leon Barmore (Class of 2003) was on the LA Tech coaching staff for 25 years, including the final 20 as the head coach. Barmore led LA Tech to an overall record of 576-87 during his legacy as head coach, which include nine Final Four appearances, five national championship game appearances and the 1988 national title. Leon Barmore
Janice Lawrence-Braxton
Pam Kelly
Sonja Hogg
Teresa Weatherspoon
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Kim Mulkey (Class of 2000) led LA Tech to a mark of 130-6 during her four years as a Lady Techsters in the early 1980s while also leading the program to four straight Final Fours and two national championship titles. Mulkey then served as an assistant coach at LA Tech for 15 years.
Janice Lawrence-Braxton (Class of 2006) was a two-time Kodak All-American during her playing days in the early 1980s while leading the Lady Techsters to a 1306 record, which included four Final Fours and two national titles. Lawrence-Braxton earned the Wade Trophy in 1984 and still ranks as the second leading scorer in the program’s history. Pam Kelly (Class of 2007) is still considered arguably the greatest player in the history of the LA Tech program. The only three-time Kodak All-American in Lady Techster history, Kelly earned the 1982 Wade Trophy as the nation’s top player while leading Louisiana Tech to a mark of 143-10 during her four seasons, which included two national titles. She is still the program’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder.
Sonja Hogg (Class of 2009) was instrumental in starting the LA Tech women’s basketball program along with former President F. Jay Taylor. Hogg was the first head coach in the program’s history, leading LA Tech to a mark of 307-55, six Final Fours and two national titles. Teresa Weatherspoon (Class of 2010) lettered for LA Tech in the mid- 1980s where she was a two-time Kodak All-American and the recipient of the 1988 Wade Trophy as the nation’s top player. Weatherspoon led LA Tech to a mark of 118-14 during that time, two national championship appearances and the 1988 national title. She is the program’s all-time leader in assists and steals.