Lynette Woodard

Lynette Woodard

Woodard at the Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year Awards, 1986
Personal information
Born	(1959-08-12) August 12, 1959 (age 64) Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school	Wichita North (Wichita, Kansas)
College	Kansas (1977–1981)
WNBA draft	1997: Allocated
Selected by the Cleveland Rockers
Playing career	1981–1999
Position	Guard
Number	8
Career history
As player:
1997	Cleveland Rockers
1998	Detroit Shock
As coach:
2016–2017	Winthrop (assistant)
2017–2020	Winthrop
Career highlights and awards
Honda Sports Award (1981) Wade Trophy (1981) Kodak All-American (1978–1981)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals Women’s basketball Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Team competition World Cup 1990 Malaysia Team competition 1983 Rio de Janeiro Team competition Pan American Games 1983 Caracas Team competition 1991 Havana Team competition Universiade 1979 Mexico City Team competition Jones Cup 1984 Team competition

Lynette Woodard (born August 12, 1959) is an American basketball player and former head women's basketball coach at Winthrop University.

Woodward played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks. She became the first female member of the Harlem Globetrotters and, at age 38, began playing as one of the oldest members in the newly formed American women's professional basketball league, the WNBA. She is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.