# Wanda Ford > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wanda_Ford > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wanda_Ford.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Ford > Source revision: 1304080274 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American basketball player Wanda Ford Personal information Born c. 1964 Career information College Drake (1982–1986) Career highlights Kodak All-American (1986) 2x MVC Player of the Year (1985, 1986) 4x First-team All-MVC (1983–1986) No. 33 retired by Drake Bulldogs **Wanda Ford** (born c. 1964) is an American former [basketball](/source/Basketball) player for the [Drake Bulldogs](/source/Drake_Bulldogs). She was the first woman in NCAA history to collect 1,500 rebounds and set the NCAA career record with 1,887 rebounds. She also played 16 years of professional basketball in Brazil, Italy, Spain, France, Sweden and Israel. Ford played in 117 games at Drake from 1983 to 1986 and finished her career with 1,887 rebounds and 2,636 points.[1] She set several NCAA rebounding records, including: (1) 15.5 rebounds per game from 1983 to 1986 (still the NCAA record), (2) 1,887 career rebounds (broken by [Courtney Paris](/source/Courtney_Paris) in 2009), and (3) 534 rebounds in 1985 (broken by Courtney Paris in 2009).[2][3] Her average of 17.8 rebounds per game in 1985 still ranks as the second highest single season average of all time.[4] Ford was also one of the leading scorers in the game. She set the NCAA single-season scoring record with 919 points in 1986 (now eighth all time).[5] Her average of 30.6 points per game in 1986 was the second highest at that time (now fifth all time).[6] She also scored 54 points in a February 22, 1986 game against Missouri State, which was the second highest single-game scoring total up to that time (now tied for seventh all time).[7] Ford grew up in a housing project in [Cleveland, Ohio](/source/Cleveland%2C_Ohio). After graduating from Drake, she played 16 years of professional basketball in Brazil, Italy, Spain (Font Vella Manresa), France, Sweden and Israel.[8][9] She later returned to Cleveland where she worked with children with behavioral problems.[8] In 2003, Ford was inducted into the Des Moines Sunday Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame.[8] ## Drake statistics Source[10] Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG% Field goal percentage 3P% 3-point field goal percentage FT% Free throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high Year Team GP Points FG% FT% PPG 1982–83 Drake 28 450 .606 .611 16.1 1983–84 Drake 29 540 .622 .744 18.6 1984–85 Drake 30 727 .514 .562 24.2 1985–86 Drake 30 919 .537 .732 30.6 Career 117 2,636 .556 .681 22.5 ## See also - [List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career rebounding leaders](/source/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_women's_basketball_career_rebounding_leaders) - [List of NCAA Division I women's basketball season scoring leaders](/source/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_women's_basketball_season_scoring_leaders) - List of NCAA Division I women's basketball players with 2,500 points and 1,000 rebounds ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Records, p. 9. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-NCAA_2-0)** ["NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Records through 2010-11"](http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/2012/DI.pdf) (PDF). NCAA. 2011. pp. 2, 5, 10, 11. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Ford sees coveted NCAA record fall"](https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/desmoinesregister/access/1688877071.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+11%2C+2009&author=Johnson+Dan&pub=Des+Moines+Register&desc=Ford+sees+coveted+NCAA+record+fall&pqatl=google). *Des Moines Register*. February 11, 2009.{{[cite news](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Records, p. 6. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Records, p. 4. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Records, p. 5. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Records, p. 3. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DM_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DM_8-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-DM_8-2) ["Wanda Ford, Drake University, 2003"](http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20030803/SPORTS11/50626016/Wanda-Ford-Drake-University-2003). *Des Moines Register*. June 26, 2005. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Drake star Ford enjoyed European basketball"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UGMrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y9gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3161,863549&dq=wanda-ford+basketball&hl=en). *The Daily Reporter, Spencer, Iowa*. July 8, 1987. p. 7. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Drake Media Guide"](http://godrakebulldogs.com/sports/2016/3/31/drake-womens-basketball-media-guides.aspx). Retrieved 2017-09-27. v t e Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year 1985: Ford 1986: Ford 1987: Bonds 1988: Wellman 1989: Tenner 1990: Rakers 1991: Jensen 1992: Williams 1993: Winkfield 1994: Howard 1995: Kinne 1996: Wakely 1997: Welle 1998: Miller 1999: Stiles 2000: Stiles 2001: Stiles 2002: Neneman 2003: Neneman 2004: Koch 2005: Lingor 2006: Boeglin 2007: Cirone 2008: Cirone 2009: Cirone 2010: Garrison 2011: Kalin 2012: Hackbarth 2013: Kalin 2014: Clark 2015: Harden 2016: Snow 2017: Wendell 2018: Hittner 2019: Hittner 2020: Hittner 2021: Calip 2022: Brockmeyer 2023: Robinson 2024: Dinnebier 2025: Dinnebier 2026: Poock --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Wanda Ford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Ford) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Ford?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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