My career expanded in Denver, as I worked for a Clinical Laboratory Company destined to become part of what today is known as Quest Diagnostics. I briefly coached JV at Columbine High School in 1979. I had the privilege of meeting Alice “Cookie” Baron and Kaye Garms (former Flying Queens). After that, I trained as a Medical Technologist and worked through 1978 at the hospital. I graduated in May of 1974 as Highest Ranking Graduating Senior. I got a part-time job at Central Plains General Hospital. Gerald Thompson kept me fascinated with biology. I was determined to just finish school and go out and get a job.ĭr. Wayland friends were always supportive of my health and my grief. My older brother was killed in an accident. My trip back to Wayland was in a back brace, riding in the back of Marsha Sharp’s parents’ station wagon. I injured my back during the semi-finals, and could not play. We made it to TCIAW in Stephenville this year with a much better record. The following year, Marsha Sharp and Sylvia were our coaches. We competed in TCIAW, but did not have a great win/loss record. The Bees were a small group, and we played other local colleges and even high school teams. I was thrilled and ecstatic to try my best. I was told that I was “too short,” but could work out with the Queen Bees. Harley Redin, Sylvia Nadler, and Debra Martin ran the tryouts. My first roommate, picking classes, basketball try-outs, and even a service sorority (Theta Alpha Psi)-there were so many new things to take in! I met so many new people.Īt basketball tryouts, I was amazed at how tall and talented all the women were. I was scared to death as everything was new to this country girl. I really did not know what that might mean, but that is where I wanted to go.įall of 1971 I turned 18 just as I started college at Wayland. I saw right away it had women’s basketball. Dad wanted me to go to a “church” college so it would be safer. HA! (I was really too shy to want to stand in front of anyone, or speak). Mom’s theory was that I should become a teacher to “support” a farmer husband. They could still beat us at wind sprints!Īs my senior year came around, my parents and I began talking about going to college.
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Playing full court became a norm for us quickly, and we were determined to be better than the guys. We had co-ed competitions, and of course the boys’ rules prevailed. Girls’ basketball started as half court, then one year of “rover.” The gym was open year-round, so whenever we needed something to do, we went to the gym. Our school was small, but both boys and girls teams in high school were driven to win.
Mom was really upset with us when we were both able to put flattened handprints on the ceiling as we practiced jumping. My younger brother got into our ball playing mix and we would shoot baskets, see who could jump the highest, and compete 1 on 1. My freshman year there was basketball practice after school and the choice of going to piano or going to basketball practice had to be made. I took lessons, but had no passion for it. Mom, of course, wanted me to learn to play piano. Dad hung a basketball backboard and hoop from the garage. In junior high my older brother began playing basketball. The result of that was a black eye from a fast hardball. First I tried to get the guys in grade school to let me play baseball. Weekends, after church, were spent with grandparents, aunts and uncles, and lots of eating wonderful foods and desserts (yummy!)īy the time I was 12 my older brother told me I was fat (so was he) so I began watching my weight and competing with him. Life was situated around work on the farm, church three times a week and school when in session. I was born and raised on a farm/ranch near the small town of Megargel, Texas with an older and younger brother. I was a Queen Bee for two of those years.
My name is Alisa Bishop and I attended Wayland Baptist College 1971-1974.
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