Rita Horky
American basketball player and coach
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Basketball | ||
| Pan American Games | ||
 | 1959 Chicago USA | Team Competition |
| 1963 Brazil | Team Competition |
Rita Horky is a former women's basketball player and coach from Blissfield, Michigan. Horky was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000.
Basketball career
Horky played for Nashville Business College. She also played for the Iowa Wesleyan College Tigerettes, an AAU team in 1959 and 1960.[1] The 5 foot 11 inch guard was named AAU All-American five times.[2] She was a Pan American gold medalist twice (1959 and 1963),[3][4] the USA's leading scorer in 1959 with 11.9 points per game,[5] and their 3rd leading scorer in 1963 with 7.7 points/game.[3] Her team finished 4th in the World Championship in 1964[6] and 11th in 1967.[7]
Horky coached the Northern Illinois women's basketball team for one year in 1982–83, leading them to a 13–14 record.
Awards and honors
In 2000, Horky was elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee.[8] She was elected to the Iowa Wesleyan Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004.[9]
Notes
- ^ Iowa Wesleyan College Tigerettes at Hoopedia
- ^ Ikard p 210–212
- ^ a b "Inductees into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame". www.wbhof.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-16.
- ^ "Third Pan American Games -- 1959". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ Ikard p 119
- ^ "FOURTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN -- 1964". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ "FIFTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN-- 1967". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ "WBHOF Inductees". WBHOF. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ^ Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2004, Iowa Wesleyan College
References
- Ikard, Robert W. (2005). Just for Fun: The Story of AAU Women's Basketball. The University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-55728-889-9.
External links
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame bio
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Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball head coaches
- Mary Bell (1957–1977)
- Alice Textor (1977–1981)
- Rita Horky (1981–1983)
- Cherri Block (1983–1984)
- Jane Albright (1984–1994)
- Liz Galloway McQuitter (1994–1998)
- Carol Hammerle (1998–2005)
- Carol Owens (2005–2010)
- Kathi Bennett (2010–2015)
- Lisa Carlsen (2016– )
