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Rita Higginbotham
Basketball and Softball
(1979-1981)
Rita Higginbotham, a native of
Macon, Miss., was the first female inducted into The University
of West Alabama Athletic Hall of Fame. Higginbotham was a
two-year (’79-’81) starter on the UWA basketball team after
transferring from East Mississippi Community College. She led
the Tigers to a 49-16 record and had 771 career points and 440
assists. She was an All-State and All-Region pick twice and also
played on the first softball team at UWA. Higginbotham coached
softball at Mississippi University for Women and won a GSC
Championship in 1994. She was a member of the 1990 ASA Class B
Slowpitch National Championship Team.
Stan Narewski
Track and Field
(1968-1971)
Stan
Narewski was a member of the track and field team at West
Alabama from 1968-71. Narewski led the Tigers to two Alabama
Collegiate Conference crowns. He has served as the head track
and field coach at Furman University, Clemson University, Murray
State University, Wallace State-Hanceville Community College and
was an assistant coach at Auburn University, Kansas University
and the University of Florida. Narewski coached over 100
All-Americans on the collegiate level and was named National
“Coach of the Year” in 1983 while at Clemson. He served as the
head coach for the United States track and field team at the
World Championships in Berlin in 1984. Narewski also was the
head coach for the United States team in the Paralympics in
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