RIP Medina Dixon

[fireford]

Sad news. One of the premiere players of her day.

Medina Dixon, star on Old Dominion's 1985 women's basketball championship team, loses battle with cancer

Former Old Dominion women's basketball star Medina Dixon, who helped the team win the 1985 national championship, has died at the age of 59 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

www.espn.com

 

[Ozimoto]

So sad. It is a horrible and insidious form of cancer. I have lost several friends at a much too young age to pancreatic cancer.

 

[Kaizen]

R.I.P.

 

[Lawrence]

R.I.P. prayers.

 

[Plebe]

I remember watching her play. She was a great player. Old Dominion beat Georgia that year in the championship game at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin.

That was the year Texas was ranked #1 but lost a heartbreaker in the Elite 8 to Western Kentucky. So Texas was denied the chance to play the Final Four on its home floor.

Rest in peace Medina Dixon.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

I'm so sorry to hear that, she was such a good player. It's a terrible disease; I had an employee that has had it come back repeatedly.

Medina played for South Carolina for one semester as a freshman and she played in the first college WBB game I attended - SC (ranked 2nd) and Louisiana Tech (ranked 1st) my senior year in high school. The most unique thing I remember about her is that she barked at the opposing player when she was defending them.

 

[Plebe]

I'm so sorry to hear that, she was such a good player. It's a terrible disease; I had an employee that had it come back repeatedly.

Medina played for South Carolina for one semester as a freshman and she played in the first college WBB game I attended - SC (ranked 2nd) and Louisiana Tech (ranked 1st) my senior year in high school. The most unique thing I remember about her is that she barked at the opposing player when she was defending them.

So I take it Kim Mulkey was on that LA Tech team?

Mulkey is quoted in the ESPN article as comparing Dixon to a Cheryl Miller-type player, which I think is quite apt. Dixon led the 1992 Olympic team (which took bronze in Barcelona) in scoring.

 

[D J B]

May big arms cradle your soul, and may your friends and family be comforted by the arms of those who truly knew you.

From me, God bless.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

So I take it Kim Mulkey was on that LA Tech team?

Mulkey is quoted in the ESPN article as comparing Dixon to a Cheryl Miller-type player, which I think is quite apt. Dixon led the 1992 Olympic team (which took bronze in Barcelona) in scoring.

She was and I took an instant dislike to her, which remains to this day.