Rita Horky Explained

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] the USA's leading scorer in 1959 with 11.9 points per game,^[4] and their 3rd leading scorer in 1963 with 7.7 points/game.^[3] Her team finished 4th in the World Championship in 1964^[5] and 11th in 1967.^[6]

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.^[7] She was elected to the Iowa Wesleyan Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004.^[8]

References

Book: Ikard, Robert W.. 2005. Just for Fun: The Story of AAU Women's Basketball . The University of Arkansas Press. 978-1-55728-889-9 .

External links

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame bio

Notes and References

http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=Iowa_Wesleyan_College_Tigerettes Iowa Wesleyan College Tigerettes
Ikard p 210–212
Web site: Inductees into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame . www.wbhof.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616053035/http://www.wbhof.com/horky.html . 2011-06-16.
Ikard p 119
Web site: FOURTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN -- 1964. https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120424230314/http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/national/wwc_1964.html. dead. 2012-04-24. USA Basketball. 2009-08-21.
Web site: FIFTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN-- 1967. https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120424230309/http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/national/wwc_1967.html. dead. 2012-04-24. USA Basketball. 2009-08-21.
Web site: WBHOF Inductees. WBHOF. 2009-08-01.
http://www.iwc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=content&id=110 Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2004