We Will Remember
Texas Tech's Marsha Sharp surprised virtually everyone with the announcement late last week that she was stepping down as head coach of the Lady Raider basketball program at the end of the season.
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She will certainly remembered for the mark she left on women's basketball and at Texas Tech.
FOX 34 put together a very short tribute video for Sharp that will be shown tonight at the United Spirit Arena, please CLICK HERE to view that video.
MARSHA SHARP CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Marsha Sharp's Highlights and Accomplishments
· 570-187 career record, 159-50 Southwest Conference record, 117-41 Big 12 Conference record
· Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003
· Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2000
· Inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 1999
· 1993 National Championship
· 18 NCAA Championship appearances
· Four NCAA Elite Eight appearances
· 11 NCAA Sweet 16 appearances
· Two WNIT appearances
· Two years named National Coach of the Year
· Five Southwest Conference Championships (1992-96)
· Three Southwest Conference Tournament titles
· Three Big 12 Conference Championships (1998-00)
· Two Big 12 Conference Tournament titles
· Five times Southwest Conference Coach of the Year
· Two times Big 12 Coach of the Year
· First-ever No. 1 regular-season ranking in 2003-04
· Became just the 22nd coach in Division I to reach the 500-win plateau
· Coached A National Player of the Year (Sheryl Swoopes, 1993)
· Coached two Kodak All-Americans (Sheryl Swoopes twice and Alicia Thompson once)
· Coached nine All-Americans (first team, second team, third team, honorable mention) by various organizations
· Two student-athletes named Academic All-America (Karen Farst once and Jennifer Buck twice)
· 11 SWC first team selections and 10 SWC second team selections
· Four SWC Player of the Year winners, three SWC Newcomers of the Year, one SWC Defensive Player of the Year and one SWC Freshman of the Year
· Seven first team All-Big 12 selections, eight second team All-Big 12 selections, two third team All-Big 12 honorees and eight honorable mention All-Big 12
· Four SWC Tournament MVPs, 12 SWC All-Tournament team selections
· Two Big 12 Tournament MVPs, five Big 12 All-Tournament team selections
· Two Big 12 Player of the Year winners, two Big 12 Freshman of the Year recipients
· 27 first team Academic All-Big 12 winners, five second team and three honorable mention
· Coached USA Basketball to the gold medal at the 2002 World Championship For Young Women's Qualifying team
· Coached twice at the Olympic Festival Trials
· Graduated 97 percent of her student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility at Texas Tech
· Past president of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)
· Served on the WBCA Board of Directors
· Served on the NCAA Basketball Issues Committee
· Is the national chairperson for the American Cancer Society's Coaches vs. Cancer advisory board
· Served on the Converse Coach of the Year Committee, Kodak All-American Selection Committee, NCAA Regional Selection Committee, SWC Tournament Committee and Texas Girls Basketball Association Committee
· Author of Tall Enough to Coach
· Gave a $100,000 gift for the Marsha Sharp Center for Student-Athletes