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Hall of Fame

Lea Wise Prewitt

  • Class
  • Induction
    2007
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Basketball
Best known in the Commonwealth for her exploits on the court as a member of the University of Kentucky’s women’s basketball team where she was named All-SEC

Honored for her accomplishments on the sidelines as coach of the Lady Colonels basketball team

Has the highest winning percentage of any basketball coach – men’s or women’s – in the history of Centre basketball

Her teams won a remarkable 73 percent of their games

Her record at Centre from 1984-1989 was 97-35

Coached her teams to four consecutive 20-win seasons

Her 1986-87 team was Centre’s first women’s team to reach the NCAA tournament with a record of 23-5

Her 1988-89 team made it to the Final Four, which Centre hosted, and finished third – again, the highest finish ever by a men’s or women’s basketball team
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