April 26, 2009

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue head women's basketball coach Sharon Versyp was honored Saturday night by the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the 2009 Silver Anniversary Team.

The Silver Anniversary Team recognizes the top 15 former Indiana high school basketball players who graduated 25 years prior.

In addition to Versyp, the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary Team includes Dawn (Davenport) Begor of Eastbrook, Marilyn (Reckelhoff) Dippel of Southridge, Nancy (Cowan) Eksten of Crown Point, Lorea Feldman of Triton, Shari (Moore) Frank of Merrillville, Kris (Veatch) Nolan of Zionsville, Judy Phillips of Brebeuf, Diana J. Small of Decatur Central, Noelle (Young) Hall of Rushville, Stephanie (Blake) Kaufman of Warren Central, Becky (Meteja) Lombardini of Whiting, Julie (Rotramel) Meeks of Sullivan, Lori (Castetter) Walton of Warren Central and Janna (Bragg) Warren of Eastbrook.

The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame's Annual Women's Banquet was held Saturday, April 25 at the Primo Banquet Hall in Indianapolis.

Coach Versyp completed her third season as the head coach of her alma mater by taking the Boilermakers back to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. This year, Purdue finished with a 25-11 record, tied for second in the Big Ten regular season and as the runners up in the Big Ten Tournament.

Versyp played basketball at Mishawaka High School in Mishawaka, Ind., from 1979 to 1984 and was named Indiana Miss Basketball as a senior. Versyp was the first of seven Indiana Miss Basketball honorees to play for Purdue University. As a senior in high school, she averaged 23.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists while leading the team to a 24-1 record. She scored 1,189 career points and led Mishawaka to a 58-9 record in her three years as a varsity player.

An outstanding volleyball player, Versyp also led her high school volleyball team to the state finals twice, including a championship in 1983.

The 5-foot-9 point guard continued her stellar play at the collegiate level and is one of only seven four-year starters in the history of Purdue women's basketball. She led the team in scoring for three consecutive seasons and finished with 1,565 career points. Versyp still has top 10 standings in 10 statistical categories for the Boilermakers, was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten Team member and second team Academic All-American as a senior.

In her first season as head coach at Purdue, Versyp led the Boilermakers to a 31-6 record that included a second-place finish in the Big Ten regular season, a Big Ten Tournament title and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. She was named the 2007 WBCA Region 6 Coach of the Year for her achievements with the team. Versyp is Purdue's winningest first-year coach and the 31 wins equaled the second-most in school history. In 2007-08, Versyp took a team that was competing without four starters from the year before and won a second Big Ten Tournament championship.

Versyp will be eligible for induction into the Indiana Hall of Fame next year. Players are eligible for induction 26 years after they have completed their high school basketball careers.

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