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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.
  • 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.

  • Led UPJ to 15 NCAA Tournament appearances, five regional championships and a trip to the national Final Four in 1987.

  • 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.

  • At the time of her retirement, Gault’s 540 wins ranked sixth all-time in Division II and her winning percentage ranked 10th.

  • Coached 20 All-Americans, including nine Kodak All-Americans and 1992 National Player of the Year Mindy Young.

  • 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.

  • In 2005, became the eighth Division II coach to reach the 500-win mark.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

ABOUT THIS SITE

If you are from Anywhere, USA, and happened to stumble upon this site, Franklin and Oil City are about eight miles apart along Route 8 in Venango County, Pa. -- which is about halfway between Pittsburgh and Erie in the western part of the state.

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yardsandpoints.com (formerly venangofootball.com and then route8rivalry.com) covers the grid doings of Oil City and Franklin high schools in Venango County. It also includes the football histories of the two schools, which date back to 1896, along with that of (RIP) Venango Catholic (nee Christian and formerly St. Joseph in Oil City), which dropped the sport in the 1990s. I've recently included more stuff on basketball as well as the doings in other sports.

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Former Derrick sports editor Penny Weichel is webmaster.

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Contact pennyweichel@gmail.com if need be.

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