Lynette Woodard

Lynette Woodard
Woodard at the Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year Awards, 1986
Personal information
Born (1959-08-12) August 12, 1959
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High schoolWichita North (Wichita, Kansas)
CollegeKansas (1977–1981)
WNBA draft1997: Allocated
Drafted byCleveland Rockers
Playing career1981–1999
PositionGuard
Number8
Career history
Playing
1997Cleveland Rockers
1998Detroit Shock
Coaching
2016–2017Winthrop (assistant)
2017–2020Winthrop
Career highlights
Stats at Basketball Reference
Basketball Hall of Fame
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles Team competition
World Cup
1990 Malaysia Team competition
1983 Rio de Janeiro Team competition
Pan American Games
1991 Havana Team
1983 Caracas Team competition
Universiade
1979 Mexico City Team competition
Jones Cup
1984 Team competition

Lynette Woodard (born August 12, 1959) is an American basketball player and former head women's basketball coach at Winthrop University. She is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Woodward played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks. She was a member of the United States women's 1984 basketball team that won the gold medal. She became the first female member of the Harlem Globetrotters in 1985. At age 38, she began playing as one of the oldest members in the newly formed American professional Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in 1997.