Hall of Fame
Donna Forester Reed, a native of Carnesville, Ga., was a key member of AC’s national championship women’s basketball teams in 1975 and 1976. She averaged 20 points as a freshman and 27 points as a sophomore.
“For her size, she was the best rebounder I ever coached,” said Annie Tribble, who coached Forester Reed at both AC and Clemson.
“We had a lot of good players and teamwork” Forester Reed said. “We really jelled as a team. The hardest thing for me was the first day of practice. Georgia was still playing six on six and I was overwhelmed by 10 players on the same side of the floor. It took me a few weeks to adjust to that. I had to learn a new game. It was like starting over.”
During Forester Reed’s two years at AC, the Lady Trojans won 68 games.
“Being a member of a national championship team was the most exciting thing that ever happened to me. I had never been on the national level before.”
After completing her career at AC, Forester Reed played two years at Clemson. She averaged 20.2 points per game in 63 games for the Lady Tigers and at the time of her induction she was first on both the ACC and Clemson career list for rebounding average at 12.2. She is member of the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame.
“I was going to go to the College of Charleston after I finished at AC,” Forester Reed said. “That spring we were out at the lake sunning and here comes coach Tribble. We all wondered what she was doing there. She ran up to me and said ‘I got the job at Clemson and you’re coming with me.’”
After graduating from Clemson, Forester Reed coached three years at Walhalla High School before entering school administration.
