Basketball Hall of Fame

Illinois Central College and coach Lorene Ramsey won their second consecutive National Junior College Division II National championship in the 1992-93 season.
Entering the tournament at Hagerstown, Md., with a 28-4 record, the Cougars were ranked No. 2 nationally behind Mitchell College of Connecticut but wound up having to turn back a stubborn Illinois foe to win its second title.

ICC blitzed Scottsdale, Ariz., 83-74 in the first round and then rolled over Lansing, Mich., 73-59 in the semifinals.

Facing Kankakee, Ill., in the title game, ICC sent the game into overtime on a three-point field goal by former Peoria Manual standout Joy Westendorf and then won 76-71 in the extra session to finish the second 31-4. Mandy Bryan from Olympia High School scored 24 points for ICC in the title game.

Laura Trantina of Washington was named most valuable player of the tournament as well as being selected an NJCAA all-American for the second time.

Bryan was selected first team all-Regional and all-National tournament. At the time of the team’s induction, Westendorf’s 11 assists in a national tourney game was still the NJCAA record.

Ramsey was named NJCAA Coach of the Year and Tri-County Female Coach of the Year for the second straight season.

Pictured:

Front row, from left, Megan Lanham, Danielle Smith, Chris Woertz, Jill Higgs.

Second row, from left, Dr. Art Biggs, Robi Wickert, Mandy Bryan, Laura Trantina, Amy LeMaster, Kendra Blaudow, Joy Westendorf, Asst. Coach Tom McGhee.

Third row, from left, Coach Lorene Ramsey, Cara Dey, Jamie Broadstone, Ali Pease, Carrie Isaacson, Asst. Coach Clint Wilson, Team Manager Shawn Lohnes.