Courtney Cox Cole
Encyclopedia
Courtney Cox Cole is a former high-school and college athlete from Indiana
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, where she led the Millers to three straight IHSAA State Finals appearances, highlighted by a state title in 1987 and a state runner-up finish in 1988. She contributed 17 points and 11 rebounds in the 1987 state finals victory and tallied 29 points in the 1988 finale. She ranks 27th on Indiana's career scoring chart with 1,869 points.
She won the Dial Award
for the American high-school athlete/scholar of the year in 1988, and, in 1989, was named to USA Today
’s All-USA high school girls basketball team, and to Parade Magazine’s All-America
n team.
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In two seasons (1989–90, 1990–91) of basketball for the Hoosiers, she started in 22 games, tallying 301 points and 71 assists.
Cole excelled on the golf course as well under legendary coach Sam Carmichael. A four-year member of the IU golf team, Cole averaged a 78.94 while at Indiana. More impressively, Cole earned All-Big Ten honors on three occasions and qualified for the NCAA Championship in 1993.
In the classroom, Cole collected one Academic All-Big Ten honor in basketball and three in golf. Cole graduated from Indiana in 1994 with a degree in finance and accounting.
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
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High school
Cole (then Cox) played basketball at Noblesville (Indiana) High SchoolNoblesville High School
thumb|rightNoblesville High School is a public high school in Noblesville, Indiana, United States. Opened in 1996, the school is the third for the city. The first two are still in use today for the city with the last high school becoming Noblesville Middle School. The school has approximately...
, where she led the Millers to three straight IHSAA State Finals appearances, highlighted by a state title in 1987 and a state runner-up finish in 1988. She contributed 17 points and 11 rebounds in the 1987 state finals victory and tallied 29 points in the 1988 finale. She ranks 27th on Indiana's career scoring chart with 1,869 points.
She won the Dial Award
Dial Award
For the literary award presented by The Dial magazine in the 1920s, see The Dial.The Dial Award was presented annually by the Dial Corporation to the male and female American high-school athlete/scholar of the year.-Awardees:...
for the American high-school athlete/scholar of the year in 1988, and, in 1989, was named to USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
’s All-USA high school girls basketball team, and to Parade Magazine’s All-America
All-America
An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...
n team.
College career
Cole competed at the varsity level in both basketball and golf at Indiana UniversityIndiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
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In two seasons (1989–90, 1990–91) of basketball for the Hoosiers, she started in 22 games, tallying 301 points and 71 assists.
Cole excelled on the golf course as well under legendary coach Sam Carmichael. A four-year member of the IU golf team, Cole averaged a 78.94 while at Indiana. More impressively, Cole earned All-Big Ten honors on three occasions and qualified for the NCAA Championship in 1993.
In the classroom, Cole collected one Academic All-Big Ten honor in basketball and three in golf. Cole graduated from Indiana in 1994 with a degree in finance and accounting.