Patricia Hoskins
Encyclopedia
Patricia Hoskins is a retired collegiate basketball player, who at one time held the record for NCAA Division 1 women's basketball points scored in a career (since broken by Jackie Stiles
).
, where she earned All-Conference honors each of the four years she played for the Devilettes. She is only the second woman in NCAA history to lead the division for scoring and rebounds for a season, accomplishing this in 1989. Her scoring average of 33.6 points per game that year is an NCAA Division 1 record.
Hoskins scored a total of 3,122 points in her career, setting the NCAA Division 1 record at the time, and passing Drake University
's Lori Bauman, who had established a record in 1984 with 3,115 points. Hoskins did not realize she had set the record at the time, and would not realize it until informed by the sports information director after the game. Her record would stand until 2001, when Jackie Stiles
surpassed it with Hoskins in the audience.
On February 13, 1989, Hoskins scored 55 points in a game against Southern University
. That scoring mark is the fifth highest scoring total in NCAA Division I history. Less than two weeks later, on February 25, 1989, she tied her mark with 55 points against Alabama State.
In addition to scoring, Hoskins was a prolific rebounder. Her career rebounding average is 15.1 per game which ranks second among all Division 1 women basketball players.
Hoskins was inducted into the Southwestern Athletic Conference
Hall of Fame on November 30, 2001, and the Mississippi Valley State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.
Jackie Stiles
Jackie Marie Stiles is a retired basketball shooting guard who set scoring records in college, and then played briefly in the Women's National Basketball Association .-High school:...
).
College
Hoskins attended Mississippi Valley State UniversityMississippi Valley State University
Mississippi Valley State University is a historically black university located in Itta Bena, Mississippi, in the United States. MVSU is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund....
, where she earned All-Conference honors each of the four years she played for the Devilettes. She is only the second woman in NCAA history to lead the division for scoring and rebounds for a season, accomplishing this in 1989. Her scoring average of 33.6 points per game that year is an NCAA Division 1 record.
Hoskins scored a total of 3,122 points in her career, setting the NCAA Division 1 record at the time, and passing Drake University
Drake University
Drake University is a private, co-educational university located in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The institution offers a number of undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and pharmacy. Today, Drake is one of the twenty-five oldest law schools in the country....
's Lori Bauman, who had established a record in 1984 with 3,115 points. Hoskins did not realize she had set the record at the time, and would not realize it until informed by the sports information director after the game. Her record would stand until 2001, when Jackie Stiles
Jackie Stiles
Jackie Marie Stiles is a retired basketball shooting guard who set scoring records in college, and then played briefly in the Women's National Basketball Association .-High school:...
surpassed it with Hoskins in the audience.
On February 13, 1989, Hoskins scored 55 points in a game against Southern University
Southern University
Southern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...
. That scoring mark is the fifth highest scoring total in NCAA Division I history. Less than two weeks later, on February 25, 1989, she tied her mark with 55 points against Alabama State.
In addition to scoring, Hoskins was a prolific rebounder. Her career rebounding average is 15.1 per game which ranks second among all Division 1 women basketball players.
Hoskins was inducted into the Southwestern Athletic Conference
Southwestern Athletic Conference
The Southwestern Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black universities in the Southern United States...
Hall of Fame on November 30, 2001, and the Mississippi Valley State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.
See also
- List of NCAA Division I women's basketball players with 1400 rebounds
- List of NCAA Division I women's basketball players with 3000 points