Hall of Fame
Lisa McClure-Wells was that rare athlete who excelled in two sports and in the classroom. She was a first team NAIA All-American in track and field as a high jumper, a second team NAIA All-American in basketball, and an NAIA Academic All-American.
“Lisa was just a great athlete,” said Alvy Early, UAM’s director of athletics and former women’s basketball coach. “She made everything look easy. She could run, she could jump, she was an outstanding rebounder and was hard for other teams to match up with.”
McClure-Wells scored 1,185 career points for the Cotton Blossoms and shot 54.8 percent from the field for her career, including 63.4 percent (135 of 213) as a junior in 1984-85. She had 1,033 rebounds, one of five players to surpass 1,000 in that category, and averaged 10.1 rebounds a game for her career.
McClure-Wells was a two-time NAIA track and field All-American, twice finishing in the top six in the nation in the high jump. She was an NAIA Academic All-American in basketball in 1985, joining Darrell Rhodes as the only athletes in school history to earn All-America honors in two sports as well as being an Academic All-American.
