• FIRST female member of the Harlem Globetrotters
• Set the record for all-time leading scorer in college women's basketball, with 3,649 points
• First place RECORD HOLDER in eight University of Kansas categories, including total number of steals, points, and rebounds
• Could play all five court positions
• Competed in the Olympics twice, leading the US basketball team to a gold medal in 1984 as captain
• Played professional basketball in Italy and Japan
• In 1997, when the WNBA was formed, she came out of retirement and played with the Cleveland Rockers and Detroit Shock
• Inducted into ten different halls of fame, including the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Bibliography: Doyle, Caitlin. Girls Can Do Anything: From Sports to Innovation, Art to Politics, Meet Over 200 Women Who Got There First. Buffalo: Firefly Books, 2016. Print.
Hall, Brian. Pioneers In Women's Sports. Minneapolis: Abdo Publishing, 2018. Print.
Lynette Woodard. http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/lynette-woodard/

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