LORI KLINE WADDELL

Hometown:  Calumet City, Illinois
Sport:  Basketball
Years:  1979, 1981-83

A trailblazer in women’s athletics, Waddell was a four-year letterwinner for the Cowgirl basketball team. She scored 1,521 points in her career, averaging 13.1 points per game. She holds the Cowgirl record for blocked shots with 322. She had nine blocks in a game three times during her career. She holds four of the top six places all-time for blocks in a season. She is still in the top five in the Cowgirl record book for career rebounds with 947, and ranks tenth in career scoring. A versatile player, she had 36 double-doubles during her career. After earning her degree from UW, she was a speech pathologist in Wyoming public schools for many years.