Lady Raiders:
An Inventory of Its Records, 1982-2006, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Descriptive Summary |
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| Creator | Texas Tech University | |
| Title: | Lady Raiders Records, | |
| Dates: | 1982-2006 | |
| Abstract: | The collection contains mainly scrapbooks and score books regarding the Lady Raiders from 1982-2006. | |
| Collection # | U 206.3 | |
| Quantity: | 4 Boxes (4.0 linear feet) | |
| Language | English. | |
| Repository: | Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University | |
Biographical Sketch
At Texas Tech University, the women's basketball team is known as the Lady Raiders. The pinnacle of their athletic tenure occurred in March and April of 1993, when the Lady Raiders won the Southwest Conference Post Basketball Tournament and the NCAA Championship. The 1993 National Championship win by the Lady Raiders was the first for Texas Tech University, the team and its coach.
The team was headed by noted basketball coach Marsha Sharp, who completed her 20th year with the university in 2002. Among her accomplishments was 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. Sharp resigned as the women’s basketball coach in 2006.
Scope and Content
The collection contains news clippings, scorebooks, and memorabilia collected over the course of 20 plus years during the tenure of Marsha Sharp. The bulk of the collection consists of scrapbooks that had been labeled, “Mail Outs and News Clippings.” These documented the teams athletic, outreach and recruiting activities and were generally kept per basketball season.
Also donated were over 600 plus Lady Raider videos, mostly game footage. These have been rehoused separately and are detailed on another inventory.
Organization |
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| The collection is arranged by alphabetical order. | ||
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Index Terms |
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| 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 | ||
Related Material
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Athletics (Game Programs) Records, 1925-2001 Athletics (Media Guides) Records, 1942-2001 Lady Raider Records, 1993-1994 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 |
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Lady Raiders Records, 1982-2006, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Collection accession #(s):
2006-0108-B
Gift, 2006
Processed by
Lynn Whitfield, 2006
Collection Inventory