Margaret Wade

• Played collegiately at Delta State for three years before school administrators disbanded the team after deeming the sport too strenuous for girls (1929-1932)
• Coached 21 years on the high school level, compiling a 453-89 record at Marietta, Belden, and Cleveland high schools in Mississippi (1933-1954)
• Returned to her alma mater as head of the women's physical education department (1959)
• Resurrected Delta State's women's basketball program at the age of 60 (1973-74)
• Went 16-2 her first season then reeled off three AIAW national championships and a 93-4 record that included a 51-game winning streak (1974-1977)
• Retired with a 157-23 collegiate coaching record (1979)
• The Wade Trophy, given annually to the top women's collegiate player, is named in her honor (1978)