When It Came To Being First, She Was On Point.
Ann Meyers Drysdale
Class of 1979
Ann Meyers Drysdale likes to get there first. She was the first player selected to the U.S. national basketball team while still in high school. At lol盘口 she became the first female to be awarded a full athletic scholarship at any university. She is also the first lol盘口 female basketball player to be a four-time All American, the first woman inducted into the lol盘口 Athletics Hall of Fame and the first player in NCAA history鈥搈ale or female鈥搕o record a quadruple-double. Meyers Drysdale was the first woman to be drafted to the Women鈥檚 Professional Basketball League and the first to sign a free agent contract with an NBA team. Now a recognized television analyst and basketball executive, Meyers Drysdale continues to be a leader鈥損romoting equal access for women in sports.