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One of the early pioneers of 'modern' girls basketball -- along with Oil City High teammate Melinda Hale -- Jodi Gault went on to have a successful (Hall of Fame) coaching career at Pitt-Johnstown. As with Hale-Rhoads, she's in multi Halls of Fame -- Slippery Rock, Cambria County and UPJ. The following lists her accomplishments when she was inducted into the Pitt-Johnstown Hall.
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One of the most successful women’s basketball coaches in the NCAA Division II while leading Pitt-Johnstown to a 540-156 record, a .776 winning percentage and an average of 21.6 victories per season in 25 years from 1982 to 2007.
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Led UPJ to 15 NCAA Tournament appearances, five regional championships and a trip to the national Final Four in 1987.
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Her teams held the No. 1 ranking nationally in NCAA Division III during two of her first three seasons at UPJ prior to the program’s jump to Division II.
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At the time of her retirement, Gault’s 540 wins ranked sixth all-time in Division II and her winning percentage ranked 10th.
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Coached 20 All-Americans, including nine Kodak All-Americans and 1992 National Player of the Year Mindy Young.
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Named 1986-87 American Women’s Sports Federation Coach of the Year after leading UPJ to the Division II Final Four by defeating then top-ranked Delta State (MS) University in the national quarterfinals.
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In 2005, became the eighth Division II coach to reach the 500-win mark.
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Named chairperson for the Division II Kodak All-American selection committee, served on the Women’s Basketball 25th All-Anniversary Team Expert Panel and the WBCA Scholarship Award for Division II Women’s Basketball Committee.
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In addition to the Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame and Pitt-Johnstown Athletics Hall of Fame, Gault is a member of the Slippery Rock University Athletics Hall of Fame.
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Played collegiately at Slippery Rock and had a pro career in the former Women’s Professional Basketball League.
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At the time of her induction into the Slippery Rock Hall of Fame she was the school's fourth all-time leading scorer with 978 points.