urn:taro:ttu.ua.00005 Lady Raiders: An Inventory of Its Records, 1993-1995, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Lynn Whitfield The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Texas Tech University MS 41041 Lubbock, Texas 79409 Phone: (806)-742-3749 Fax: (806)-742-0496 Webpage: http://swco.ttu.edu/ Contact Person: Reference Archivist
May 2002 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, January 2003. Finding aid written in English. Tue Jul 22 14:48:03 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.ua.00005 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the Lady Raiders Records, 1993-1995 Lynn Whitfield The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, May 2002 Descriptive Summary Texas Tech University Lady Raiders Records, 1993-1995 The collection contains mainly news clippings and memorabilia regarding the Lady Raiders from 1993-1995. U 206.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 1 Box (0.5 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

The Lady Raiders is the women's basketball team at Texas Tech University. In March and April of 1993, the Lady Raiders won the Southwest Conference Post Basketball Tournament and the NCAA Championship.

The team is headed by noted basketball coach Marsha Sharp, who completed her 20th year with the university in 2002. Among her accomplishments is serving as head coach of the 1994 Olympic Festival West Team, which won a silver medal in St. Louis, and serving as head coach of the qualifying teams for the inaugural USA Basketball World Championships for Young Women in Brazil in 2002. The 1993 National Championship win by the Lady Raiders was the first for Texas Tech University, the team and its coach.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains news clippings from the 1993-1994 basketball season during which the Lady Raiders became NCAA champions, and collectible player cards. The Southwest Conference cards were issued by the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal while the NCAA Championship cards were issued by the Red Raider Club.

 Organization

The collection is arranged by alphabetical order.

 Index Terms

The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.

Subjects (Persons) Sharp, Marsha Swoopes, Sheryl Subjects (Organizations) Texas Tech University Texas Tech Lady Raiders (Basketball team) Texas Tech University--Basketball Subjects Women basketball coaches--Texas--Lubbock Sports--Texas--History Sports--Texas--Lubbock Women coaches (Athletics)--Texas--Lubbock

Collection accession #(s): 1998-0164-B; 2002-0260-B; and 1995-0143-B

Gifts, 1995-2002

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Lynn Whitfield, 2002

 Preferred Citation

Lady Raiders Records, 1993-1995, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

 Related Materials in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library:

Athletics (Game Programs) Records, 1925-2001

Athletics (Media Guides) Records, 1942-2001

Sports Posters and Oversized Materials, 1976-2002

Sports Information Records, 1926-1996

Sports Information Records, 1996-1998

Sports Information Schedule and Trading Cards, 1928-2001

 Collection Inventory Memorabilia 1 1 SWC and NCAA Championship Collectable Cards [Marsha Sharp's card is autographed; two different Michi Atkins were autographed on 10/27/06 at the TTU Hall of Honor Dinner], 1993 1 1 Sheryl Swoopes Cards, 1993-1994 1 2 Envelopes Celebrating the Lady Raiders Win as NCAA National Champs (4 items), April 28, 1993 News Clippings 1 3 News Clippings (1 of 3), 1993-1994 1 4 News Clippings (2 of 3), 1993-1994 1 5 News Clippings (3 of 3), 1993-1994 1 6 News Clippings [mainly focused on Sheryl Swoopes], 1995