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Megan Scott

  • Class
  • Induction
    1984
  • Honors
    Women's Basketball (1984)
  • Only female three-sport letter winner
  • 1983 first-team All-Big Ten in volleyball
  • Ranks among the top 10 on the UW season record lists for kills, service aces, and blocks
  • Ranks among the top 10 on the UW career list for hitting percentage and blocks
  • 1984 second-team All Big Ten in basketball
  • Ranks second on the UW career list for field goal percentage (.547)
  • Placed fifth in the discus at the 1984 Big Ten Outdoor Championships
  • Platteville, WI native transferred to UW after playing basketball for the University of Kansas for two years
  • Led Badgers in kills and blocks per game during her two seasons at Wisconsin
  • Led the team in rebounding and ranked third in scoring during her basketball season
  • Badgers finished second in the big ten in basketball during her 1984 season
  • Scholarship athlete at U. of Kansas for basketball from 1979-1981
  • Second in Big Ten in Kills and blocks per match with 14.8 and led the Badgers to a 15-17 record
  • Member of the 1982-83 Big Ten outdoor Championship Team as the leading discus thrower
  • First athlete since Pat Richter(1962-63) to letter in three sports in one season
  • 14.3 points per game avg in bball and led the team with 8.2 rebounds/game, top ten in the conference for the season in scoring, rebounding, and field goal percentage
  • Father was a member of the 1941-42 UW men's basketball nat'l championship team
  • 1983 basketball season, UW was the only team to defeat champion Ohio State
  • In her basketball season, the team was 9-2 before Scott joined and went on to win their first 7 Big Ten games with Scott's help
  • Finished volleyball career 7th in the nation in kills per match
  • Captain of the 1984 volleyball team as a senior
  • When on the Kansas bball team , the team was ranked as high as 5th in the nation
  • Did not originally attend UW because she was not offered any athletic scholarships, though she did get scholarship offers from MN, KS and INC; was later awarded volleyball scholarship at Wisconsin
  • Voted MVP of volleyball team by teammates her senior year
  • Received the coaches award for her performance in basketball
  • Tried out for the Olympic volleyball team upon completion of the track season and 1984 school year and made the first cut, but did not make the 2nd cut
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