SPRING 2011 - Lee University

sportsMcKinnon Leads LadyFlames With 2,000 PointsGuard Brooke McKinnonhas become only the thirdplayer in the history of Lee Universitywomen’s basketball to reach the2,000-point mark. The feat came onJanuary 31, 2011, for the senior fromTellico Plains, Tenn. She broke 2,000points with a pair of free throwsduring a game in Columbia, S.C., andretired for the evening with 2,002points in 128 career appearances.McKinnon has been a model forconsistent play during her four yearsfor Coach Marty Rowe and the LadyFlames. For the year, McKinnonaverages over 17 points per game. Shenot only scores for Rowe’s unit, but atonly 5-foot-7, she also has pulled down508-career rebounds and dished offnearly 350 assists.“I’m so excited for Brookeaccomplishing this feat. She is sucha great person and no one deserves itmore,” said Rowe, who has directedthe Lady Flames to a 109-19 recordduring McKinnon’s tenure.Rowe added, “Winning is soimportant to her, and individualaccomplishments mean very little toher. But we are definitely happy forher and her supportive family. Theyare some of the most unselfish peopleI’ve ever met, and they should bevery proud of the feat.”Vikki Clemmons is Lee’s all-timeleader with 2,271 points, and KatieNelson, a first-team NAIA All-Americanin 2009-2010, stands at 2,096.For the 2010-2011 season, Rowehas his club steaming toward aseventh straight trip to the NAIAnational tournament in mid-March.The Lady Flames reached thetournament’s final four before fallingto Azusa Pacific last year.Brooke McKinnon works for a shotin a preseason game at WesternKentucky University.Who’s1940s - 1960sE.C. Hall ’47, of Atlanta, GA, diedon September 14, 2010. Retired fromLockheed in 1987 after 36 years, E.C.was also an ordained minister andserved in a variety of roles at differentchurches. He is survived by his wifeof 61 years, Jerry Martin Hall ’47, twosons and a granddaughter.Bill Shell ’55, of Cleburne, TX,died on July 17, 2010. He hadbeen a preacher of the gospelfor 65 years.Tom Russell ’68, died November 3, 2010, in Apopka, FL. He was 64. Russell had a highly successful career as amusic minister, songwriter, and producer. He headed church choirs in Tennessee, Ohio, and Florida over a spanof 30 years. At the time of his death, he was music minister at Asbury United Methodist Church. His best-knownproduction was "The Life Giver," a pageant about the life of Jesus Christ. Russell wrote and produced the pageant,which was performed annually for nine years, through 1990. He obtained a master’s degree in music and taughtat Lee for several years. He is survived by his wife, Geri Bruehl Russell.Lucille Kelly ’69 is a retired public school librarian who also worked part time at the Lee library until thelate 1990s.1970sWhere?Judith Felton Payne ’71 and her husband, Doug, live in Cleveland, TN. Judy recently retired from teachingpublic school after 38 ½ years. She now works part-time at Lee in student teaching supervision. Doug and Judyhave two children, Ben ’01 who has three children and their daughter, Tiffany, a senior at Lee.Lyn Murphy ’73, after a 30-year career in Georgia public schools as both a teacher and administrator, is now anassistant professor of education in the School of Education at Dalton State College in Dalton, GA., His wife, BettyHurst Murphy, a former cataloguing assistant in the Lee library, has retired after a 31-year career as a teacher inthe Georgia public schools. The Murphys have two daughters and six grandchildren. Dr. Murphy is also organistat The Church on the Hill, an evangelical church in Dalton.34TORCH // SPRING2011 35