Lynette Woodard

Lynette Woodard
Woodard at the Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year Awards, 1986
Personal information
Born (1959-08-12) August 12, 1959 (age 65)
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High schoolWichita North (Wichita, Kansas)
CollegeKansas (1977–1981)
WNBA draft1997: Allocated
Selected by the Cleveland Rockers
Playing career1981–1999
PositionGuard
Number8
Career history
As player:
1997Cleveland Rockers
1998Detroit Shock
As coach:
2016–2017Winthrop (assistant)
2017–2020Winthrop
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Team competition
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1990 Malaysia Team competition
Silver medal – second place 1983 Rio de Janeiro Team competition
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1983 Caracas Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Havana Team competition
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1979 Mexico City Team competition
Jones Cup
Gold medal – first place 1984 Team competition

Lynette Woodard (born August 12, 1959) is an American basketball player and former head women's basketball coach at Winthrop University.

Woodward played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks. She became the first female member of the Harlem Globetrotters and, at age 38, began playing as one of the oldest members in the newly formed American women's professional basketball league, the WNBA. She is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.