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HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW STAFF WILDCATS OUTLOOK KENTUCKY UK HOOPS RETIRED JERSEY—VALERIE STILL UK’s All-Time Leading Scorer and Rebounder, UK Hall of Fame Charter Class UK Great Valerie Still Some programs have a once-in-a-lifetime player who serves as a standard for all future student-athletes. An exceptional personality. An outstanding role model. A great basketball player. For Kentucky, that player is Valerie Still. Although Still played long ago (1979-83), she remains the “Top Cat” in UK women’s basketball annals. She was honored as such on January 12, 2003 with a jersey retirement ceremony at halftime of the Alabama game. She became the first female letter winner in any UK sport to have her jersey retired. Still is the leader among all Wildcats (men or women) for career scoring (2,763) and rebounding (1,525). She was a consensus All-American. She led the program in scoring four straight seasons with a career average of 23.2. At one point during the 1981-82 season, she led the nation in both scoring and rebounding before finishing second in both categories (24.8 ppg and 14.3 rpg). She led the Cats to their highest national ranking (4th) in 1983 and helped UK roll up a 30-game home court win streak from 1980-82. In 1983, Still led the sixth-ranked Cats to an 80-66 upset over powerhouse Old Dominion before a record crowd of 10,622 in UK's Memorial Coliseum. After leaving Kentucky, Still had a successful career in the Italian Professional League. While in Italy, Still was a television actress and hosted her own TV show, "Still Basket." She is also an accomplished print model and a professional caliber jazz, pop and concert pianist. Upon her return to the United States, Still became a charter member of the American Basketball League for Women and was a two-time MVP of the ABL Championship Series. Still later played for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA before retiring from basketball. She also was an assistant coach for the Orlando Miracle for two seasons. Still returned to Lexington to complete her degree in animal sciences and graduated with honors in 2001. She went on to earn a master’s degree in African American and African studies at The Ohio State University and is currently working on a doctorate in sports and humanties from there as well. In September 2005, Still was inducted into the charter class in the newly created UK Athletics Hall of Fame. She was the only female of the 88 inductees. Still lives in Powell, Ohio with her son, Aaron. Along with teaching and completing her doctorate at OSU, Still runs The Valerie Still Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that works to ensure that girls are encouraged and instructed to develop their talents. HONORS (Above:) UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart and UK President Dr. Lee Todd Jr. present Still with her Hall of Fame honor in September 2005. (Below:) Still was presented with the key to the city of Lexington in 2003 by Mayor Teresa Isaac. MEDIA INFO OPPONENTS 176
ALL-AMERICANS UK HOOPS KENTUCKY Pam Browning Kristi Cushenberry Maria Donhoff Valerie Still Vanessa Foster-Sutton OUTLOOK Kodak All-American Valerie Still . . . . . . . . . . . . Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1983 - First team Valerie Still . . . . . . . . . . . . Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1982 - First team Valerie Still . . . . . . . . . . . . Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1981 - Third team Additional All-Americans WILDCATS STAFF American Women’s Sports Federation Valerie Still . . . . . . . . . . . . Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1982 - First team Street & Smith’s All-Americans Valerie Still . . . . . . . . . . . . Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1983 - First team Valerie Still . . . . . . . . . . . . Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1982 - First team Valerie Still . . . . . . . . . . . . Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1981 - First team Valerie Still . . . . . . . . . . . . Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1980 - HM Pam Browning . . . . . . . . . Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1977 Basketball Weekly All-American Valerie Still . . . . . . . . . . . . Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1983 Valerie Still . . . . . . . . . . . . Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1982 NWIT All-Americans Maria Donhoff . . . . . . . . . . Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1978 Vanessa Foster-Sutton. . . Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1990 Kristi Cushenberry . . . . . . Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1990 All-America Freshman Team Valerie Still . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980 Additional Academic Honors Tiffany Wait. . . . . . . . . . . . Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999, 2000 District 4 - Second Team GTE CoSIDA All-America REVIEW RECORDS HISTORY HONORS OPPONENTS MEDIA INFO Chelsea Chowning 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American (Third Team) • Major - Pharmacy 177
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