Anderson University

Janie Ruth Lee’s plan was to join the Air Force after high school, but Larry Clark, her high school coach, changed her mind. Lee, a native of Holly Hill, S.C., was the first African-American female gto play basketball at Anderson College.

In her two seasons with the Lady Trojans, she scored in double figures in every game, and she made the shot that won the first of AC’s three consecutive national championships under Annie Tribble.