Ann Meyers
United States
Basketball
B: March 26, 1955
Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
Meyers played on the first women's Olympic team that earned a silver medal at the Montreal Games in 1976, following a career at UCLA where she a four-time All-American. She was also a member of the US team that won the 1975 Pan American Games and the 1979 World Championships. . She was the first woman player drafted by the Women's Basketball League (WBL). She was the first woman player to tryout with an NBA team, the Indiana Pacers. Meyers was the first women inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993 and the inagural class of the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007. In 1986, Meyers married former Los Angeles Dodger pitcher and Baseball Hall of Famer Don Drysdale. Meyers has worked for many years as a television commentator.
SUPERSTARS RECORD
EVENT |
PLACE | POINTS | MONEY | EVENT WINS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1980 Women's Final | 4 |
28 |
$8,400 |
N/A |
1981 Women's Final | 1 |
51 1/2 |
$40,450 |
Tennis, Swimming, Quarter Mile Run, Obstacle Course |
1981 Worlds | 11 |
5 |
$1,500 |
None |
1982 Women's Final | 1 |
53 |
$40,900 |
Tennis, Golf, Quarter Mile Run, Obstacle Course |
TOTALS | 137 1/2 |
$91,250 |
8 |
PERSONAL BESTS
Tennis | 1st |
1981 Women's Final 1982 Women's Final |
Swimming - 50 Yards | 28.06 |
1982 Women's Final |
Rowing - 100 Yards | 43.07 |
1981 Worlds |
Golf - closest to the pin | 1' 2" |
1982 Women's Final |
Soccer Test | 2 - 41.00 |
1981 Worlds |
60 Yard Dash | 7.44 |
1982 Women's Final |
100 Yard Dash | 12.15 |
1981 Worlds |
Quarter Mile Run | 1:00.34 |
1982 Women's Final |
Half Mile Run | 2:32.33 |
1981 Worlds |
Obstacle Course | 22.41 |
1982 Women's Final |
Obstacle Course (Men's) | 41.06 |
1981 Worlds |
Points Scored | 53 |
1982 Women's Final |