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30 Northwest Arkansas Basketball Sunday, November 3, 2019 FOUR DECADES OF GREATNESS The Top 25 prep girls basketball players in the 40 years since 5-on-5 was implemented DANIELLE ALLEN SCHOOL: Harrison HEIGHT: 6-0 THE CREDENTIALS: Named Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Female Athlete of the Year in 2003. … Led Harrison to state basketball titles from 2000-2002 and was named state tournament MVP twice. … Garnered All-Arkansas honors twice for both basketball and volleyball and went on to play at basketball at Arkansas. … Named top sophomore in Arkansas by Ar- kansas Democrat-Gazette. … Helped Harrison to state championships in volley- ball, cross country and ran on the champi- onship 3,200-meter relay team. ROSE AVERY SCHOOL: Union HEIGHT: 5-10 THE CREDENTIALS: Earned Super Team honors in 1986 and after attending junior college went on to Arkansas-Monticello where she earned All-American honors twice. … Scored 21 points in the finals to help Union outlast Parkdale to win the Class B state title in 1986. … Helped UAM to an NAIA national runner-up finish in 1990… Finished her career with 1,688 points (24.8 per game), 793 rebounds (11.7 per game), and established career and season records for blocked shots (168 for her career, 90 in 1989-90). … Was part of the 1990 team, which was one of only two teams inducted into the UAM Sports Hall of Fame. SHAMEKA CHRISTON SCHOOL: Hot Springs HEIGHT: 6-1 THE CREDENTIALS: Named South- eastern Conference Player of the Year as a senior at Arkansas. … Ranks among the top five in Arkansas women's basketball h i s t o r y i n s c o r i n g (1,951 points), scor- ing average (15.9), blocked shots (162), rebounds (714) and 3-point field goals (144). … Averaged 26 points, 4 rebounds and 5 blocked shots as a senior at Hot Springs and earned the Arkansas Dem- ocrat-Gazette Miss Basketball honors for the season. … Helped lead Hot Springs to a pair of state titles as a freshman and a sophomore. … Played multiple times for the U.S. National Team while in college at Arkansas. … Played 11 seasons in the WNBA and was named to the WNBA All- Star Game in 2009. PERLEAN DAVIDSON SCHOOL: Parkdale HEIGHT: 5-10 THE CREDENTIALS: Helped Parkdale to back-to-back state titles, including an Overall state championship in 1980-81, which was the only one she played 5-on-5. … Holds the record as the all-time leading scorer in Arkansas girls' basketball history with 4,023 points, but played three of her four seasons in the 6-on-6 era. … Earned All-American honors three times at Ar- kansas-Monticello and set career records for scoring and rebounding at the time. … Inducted into the Arkansas-Monticello Sports Hall of Fame. … Finished her ca- reer at UAM with 2,397 points and 1,489 rebounds, averaging 18.6 points and 11.5 rebounds per game. LANELL DAWSON SCHOOL: Guy-Perkins HEIGHT: 5-9 THE CREDENTIALS: Two-time All-Amer- ican and holds the Arkansas Tech school record averaging 24 points per game. … Ranked 10th in the career scoring despite playing just two seasons after transferring from Arkansas. … Earned All-Southwest Conference honors as a sophomore at Arkansas, averaging 15.6 points and 5.3 rebounds. … Scored 858 points in two seasons at Arkansas, which ranked among the top 10 in school history. BETTYE FISCUS SCHOOL: Wynne HEIGHT: 5-11 THE CREDENTIALS: Became first female athlete inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. … Became first player to score more than 1,000 points in her career at Arkansas and broke the school record. … Was the first Arkansas player to ever have her No. 5 jersey retired — male or female. … Still holds several Arkansas school records and was the all-time leading scorer and rebounder when she completed her career. JULIE HAGOOD SCHOOL: Pocahontas HEIGHT: 5-10 THE CREDENTIALS: Helped Pocahontas to a record of 107-5 during her high school career, including two state titles. .. Named Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year at Arkansas State and was a four-time all-conference selection. … Ranks among top five in several categories in Arkansas State school history. SHA HOPSON SCHOOL: Hot Springs HEIGHT: 5-10 THE CREDENTIALS: Named the Arkan- sas Gazette girls' basketball Player of the Year in 1990 and went on to play at Arkansas. … Averaged 25.9 points and 10 rebounds per game as a senior and was named state tournament MVP, leading Hot Springs to a state title. … Holds Arkansas Razorbacks record for top scoring average (18.1) by a sophomore. KIMBERLY (WILSON) JENKINS SCHOOL: Hampton HEIGHT: 5-11 THE CREDENTIALS: Earned All-Southeast- ern Conference hon- ors three times and selected to All-SEC freshman team her first year. … Ranks among Arkansas' ca- reer scoring leaders with 1,755 points. … Earned All-Arkansas honors as a senior in high school. TERRI CONDER-JOHNSON SCHOOL: Rose Bud HEIGHT: 5-11 THE CREDENTIALS: Inducted into the Ar- kansas Sports Hall of Fame. … Earned All-America honors at the University of Cen- tral Arkansas. .. Was a four-sport standout in high school and won the inaugural Arkansas High School Pentath- lon in 1981 and was named Arkansas Runner of the Year in 200. INDIA LEWIS SCHOOL: Siloam Springs HEIGHT: 5-6 THE CREDENTIALS: Was a multi-sport standout at Siloam Springs in the late 1990s, starring in volleyball, basketball and softball. … Led the Lady Panthers' basketball team to the Class AAAA state championship in 1999. … Named Miss Basketball by the Arkansas Demo- crat-Gazette and also garnered the newspaper's Female Athlete of the Year award in 1999. … Helped Arkansas to the NCAA Tournament in three of her four seasons and was second in scoring her final two seasons. SYTIA MESSER SCHOOL: Waldo HEIGHT: 5-8 THE CREDENTIALS: Earned MVP honors in the 40th annual Arkansas High School Coaches' Association girls' basketball game, helping the West to an 89-66 win in 1995. … S c o r e d m o r e t h a n 1 , 3 0 0 p o i n t s a n d g r a b b e d o v e r 6 0 0 r e b o u n d s s i n h e r career at Arkansas. … Named Most Out- standing Player of the 1998 NCAA West Regional to help the Razorbacks earn a Final Four berth. … Named to the All-Southeastern Conference Freshman Team. … Helped the Razorbacks win the WNIT in 1999. SALLY MOORE SCHOOL: Bryant HEIGHT: 5-9 THE CREDENTIALS: Was a four-time all-state selection, earned USA Today All-American honors and was named Arkansas Gatorade Player of the Year. … Helped lead Bryant to a pair of state titles and part of the team when the Lady Hor- nets won 60 consecutive games. SARAH PFEIFER SCHOOL: Ozark HEIGHT: 6-0 THE CREDENTIALS: Led Ozark to three v Continued on next page File Photo/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Harrison's Danielle Allen grabs a loose ball Jan. 7, 2003, during play against Rogers High School in Rogers. Courtesy Photo/University of Arkansas Bettye Fiscus, who played at Wynne in high school and then for Arkan- sas in college, was the first female athlete inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. Christon Jenkins Messer Conder- Johnson File Photo/NWA Democrat Gazette Siloam Springs' India Lewis plays in a game against Greenland during her high school days.