Margaret Wade

• Coached 21 years on the high school level, compiling a 453-89 record at Marietta, Belden, and Cleveland high schools in Mississippi
• Played collegiately at Delta State for three years before school administrators disbanded the team after deeming the sport too strenuous for girls
• Returned to her alma mater in 1959 as head of the women’s physical education department
• Resurrected Delta State’s women’s basketball program in 1973-74 at the age of 60
• Went 16-2 her first season then reeled off three AIAW national championships (1975, 1976, 1977) and a 93-4 record that included a 51-game winning string
• Retired in 1979 with a 157-23 collegiate worksheet
• The Wade Trophy, given annually to the top women’s collegiate player, is named in her honor