Kentucky Girls High School Basketball was stopped after the 1932 season and did not resume until the 1975 season. Donna's High School Stats are for 2 years.

Here's a link that will work:

 

http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/default.asp?u=NKACNKADA&t=c&s=htosports&p=custom&pagename=Hall%20Of%20Fame%201984-2008

 

Gotta click again once you get there.

They are wrong on her years. Kentucky High School girls did not start back up until 1975.

 

|Points| Player| School|

 

|3,187| Erica Hallman| Holmes| 2000-2003 (four years)[/b]

 

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I didn't see Donna Murphy play. Of those that I did Erica Hallman was the best IMO.

I didn't see Donna Murphy play. Of those that I did Erica Hallman was the best IMO.

I knew of her, of course, but never saw her play.

My wife just informed me that Donna Murphy played 3 years, 1974-1976.

Tee,hee, my wife was wrong. She played the 74-75 season and the 75-76 season.

Tee,hee, my wife was wrong. She played the 74-75 season and the 75-76 season.

 

Trust me SHE was not wrong YOU just mis-heard what she said.

Kentucky Girls High School Basketball was stopped after the 1932 season and did not resume until the 1975 season. Donna's High School Stats are for 2 years.

 

From what I understand during that gap there was no state tournament for girls and that was reinstated in 1975. That does not mean that girls basketball wasn't being played. I know in West Virginia before girls basketball was officially santioned (probably a "re-up" like KY) there were high schools around the state playing girls basketball.

 

I seriously doubt an organization run by athletic directors would be inaccurate in what they include in their HOF information.

 

Besides, if Murphy scored 2681 points in just two seasons, and assuming she played 30 games a year (probably high for 1975) she would have had to have averaged 44.7 PPG. That didn't happen.

From what I understand during that gap there was no state tournament for girls and that was reinstated in 1975. That does not mean that girls basketball wasn't being played. I know in West Virginia before girls basketball was officially santioned (probably a "re-up" like KY) there were high schools around the state playing girls basketball.

 

I seriously doubt an organization run by athletic directors would be inaccurate in what they include in their HOF information.

 

Besides, if Murphy scored 2681 points in just two seasons, and assuming she played 30 games a year (probably high for 1975) she would have had to have averaged 44.7 PPG. That didn't happen.

 

It is possible if you have ever seen video of her. Remember also that not many, if any, girls played year round back then. She was invited to the Olympic tryouts as a high school player, that alone is unbelievable. So I guess you could say that she was considered world class as a high school player. The stories you here about her, about her being the best player on the playground in Newport and Covington boy or girl are the stuff of legend.

My memory isn't perfect, I'll have to ask her the next time I see her. I know at my school (Beechwood) The girls did not have a team until the 74-75 season.

It is possible if you have ever seen video of her. Remember also that not many, if any, girls played year round back then. She was invited to the Olympic tryouts as a high school player, that alone is unbelievable. So I guess you could say that she was considered world class as a high school player. The stories you here about her, about her being the best player on the playground in Newport and Covington boy or girl are the stuff of legend.

 

 

First off this is not about her or her abilities. Through the research I've been doing on the internet I've read enough to know she was an outstanding talent and truly deserves the legend status several here are attributing to her. Also just today came across some video. No doubt she was an outstanding talent!

 

My issue is simply in the accuracy of how many year she played, since that has been the question. I stand by the statement that she didn't average 44.7 PPG for two years of HS. And that would have been based on playing 30 games a season. From what I can find most girls teams didn't play that many games back then in the early days of girls BB revival in Kentucky.

 

I did read that Donna averaged 35 points and 20 rebounds per game as a senior. I've also read in an internet article that Donna played forward for her HS team the year she would have been a sophomore. That gets her to three years of basketball anyway. And, as previously stated, I don't think an organization operated by athletic directors which has inducted a ton of NKY sports figures into its HOF would have her playing years incorrect. I understand she was an outstanding athlete in track and field so I guess it is possible her activities there are what is included in the five years listed by the HOF.

 

But I'm continuing to research and have decided to go straight to the source! I'll report if I get an answer back.

She probably did play longer than I remember. When I was in school, Newport was a big school. They may have started their Varsity Girls team before Beechwood . Anyway, congratulations to Sydney for her accomplishments and for her being included with these great former NKY Stars.