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Janet Harris

Categories: Class of 2015
  • First player in NCAA women’s basketball history to record 2,500 points and 1,250 rebounds
  • National Freshman of the Year (1982)
  • The only 4x All-American at the University of Georgia
  • 3x Kodak All-American (1982, 1984, 1985)
  • The 3rd Freshman ever to be named a Kodak All-American
  • She finished her college career with 2,641 points and 1,398 rebounds, which still respectively ranks #23 and #13 all-time in NCAA history
  • The University of Georgia’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder, earning All-SEC honors four times
  • Led Georgia to the first-ever NCAA tournament (1982), and she also guided them to the Final Four (1983, 1985)
  • Named an SEC Great (2003)
  • 3x gold medalist with Team USA, winning the Goodwill Games (1986), World Championships (1986), and Pan American Games (1987)
  • Played professionally in Italy, Japan, Spain, Israel, Turkey, and Greece
  • Harris was the first female player inducted into the Chicago Public League Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (1993)
  • Inaugural inductee in the Illinois High School Basketball Hall of Fame (2011)
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