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Lynne Yater ’94 graduated as the most accomplished women’s basketball point guard in Washington & Jefferson College history. Yater ended her career as the Presidents’ assist leader with 446, a record which remained for 10 years until she was passed by Shawndra McDonald ’05 (482). Yater remains second on the W&J assist chart. A Washington, Pa., native and Trinity High School graduate, Yater also poured in 1,034 career points as a 5-foot-4 guard.
She is one of 19 women’s players in school history to score 1,000 points (1,034). Yater led her teams to 57 wins over her four-year career, including a 19-5 record as a senior which brought the Presidents’ Athletic Conference and ECAC Division III South Championships to Washington & Jefferson. The ECAC postseason title was the first in school history. A three-time All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference selection, Yater formed a strong inside-outside alliance with another W&J Hall of Famer, Heather Dawkins. During the 1992-93 season, Yater was 11th in the nation in assists per game.
She helped W&J reach a No. 5 ranking in the NCAA Division III Atlantic Region as a senior. Following her freshman season, she was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Co-Freshman of the Year. She was also ranked among the nation’s top 20 free throw shooters as a sophomore. The business administration major was President of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She was the recipient of the 1994 Waltersdorf Award for Innovative Leadership as well as the 1993 Paul Reardon Award for academic and athletic excellence.
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