Rita Horky

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Rita Horky
Medal record
Women's Basketball
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1959 Chicago USA Team Competition
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1963 Brazil Team Competition

Rita Horky is a former women's basketball player and coach from Blissfield, Michigan player who was elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.

Basketball career

Player

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]

Coach

Rita 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

  1. Iowa Wesleyan College Tigerettes at Hoopedia
  2. Ikard p 210–212
  3. 3.0 3.1 http://www.wbhof.com/horky.html
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  5. Ikard p 119
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  9. Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2004, Iowa Wesleyan College

References

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