Alice Edwards (1981-85) is the only player in Midwestern State history to score 1,000 points and secure 1,000 rebounds.
Edwards, a 5-10 center from Hirschi High School in Wichita Falls, helped MSU usher in its NAIA era with four trips to the NAIA District 8 playoffs.
She averaged a team-best 12.5 points and pulled down 9.8 rebounds as a freshman in 1981-82, MSU’s first season in NAIA Division I women’s basketball, to lead the Lady Indians to the district semifinals.
After averaging 7.3 points as a sophomore, Edwards returned to double-figure scoring as a junior when she scored 13.5 points and pulled down 8.4 rebounds a contest.
She earned MSU’s Joe and Peggy Fitts Outstanding Woman Athlete of the Year award and was selected as NAIA District 8 Player of the Week during her senior season of 1984-85 when she averaged 16.5 points and set a program record with 11.4 rebounds per game.
Edwards is still the charter and lone member of MSU’s 1,000-rebound club with 1,014 boards and is fourth on the all-time scoring list with 1,458 points.
