Lynette Woodward has been named as the 2010 Guiding Woman in Sport by NAGWS. Woodward was a two time Olympian, four time Kodak All American, and two time GTE Academic All American while at the University of Kansas.
Lynette still holds the record as being the best women's college basketball scorer in history having scored a total of 3,649 points. She has been a trailblazer in sports, and has been honored with 12 different Hall of Fame inductions. Woodward also made history by being the first female Harlem Globetrotter.
Woodward played for the WNBA (1997-99), was Captain of the USA Gold Metal Team (1984), and played overseas for Italy while leading that team to a National Championship. She was the first Triple Crown Winner all in the same year.
Other Guiding Women in Sport include C. Vivian Stringer, Robin Roberts, Willye B. White and Donna Lopiano.
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