WBB: Quientella Bonner Honored as Part of 2009 SEC Greats Program
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 | Women's Basketball
Featuring former outstanding student-athletes from all 12 Southeastern Conference member institutions, the 2009 class of the SEC Greats program will be honored at the SEC Women's Basketball Tournament March 5-8 at Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, Ark.
Quientella Bonner, who played in 102 games during her collegiate tenure (1976-79, 1980-81), is one of the original “Gator Greats.”
Bonner's name remains prominent in Florida's all-time basketball record book and is still among the program's career leader for several statistical categories, including No. 1 for rebounds (1,321), while ranking No. 2 for blocked shots (230), No. 2 for scoring average (17.6 ppg), No. 2 for rebound average (12.9 rpg) and No. 5 for scoring (1,789).
Her 31 rebounds against Georgia Southern on Jan. 8, 1977 remains as the all-time SEC single-game record, while her 45-point effort versus UT Chattanooga on Jan. 22, 1977 is still Florida's all-time single-game record.
Bonner, who was a 5-foot-11 forward/center fro Pensacola, Fla., was inducted into UF's Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.
Each honoree will be introduced during half-time of their teams first game of the tournament, all 12 individuals will also be introduced as a group between games of the second session on Friday, March 6. The Greats will then participate in an autograph session on the concourse before game eight.
The SEC Greats 2009 class includes: Cassandra “C.C.” Crumpton Moorer (Basketball), Alabama; Lisa Sparks Walker (Track & Field), Arkansas; Kirsty Coventry (Swimming), Auburn; Quientella Bonner (Basketball), Florida; Kedra Holland-Corn (Basketball), Georgia; Sara Potts (Basketball), Kentucky; Jeanie Beadle Staples (Gymnastics), LSU; Cynthia Autry (Basketball), Ole Miss; Ann Lashley (Basketball), Mississippi State; Allison Brennan (Diving), South Carolina; Dena Head (Basketball), Tennessee; Misty Lamb Thompson (Basketball), Vanderbilt.
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