Shel Chapman

Chapman, like Wettuhn-Beaudo, was one of the peninsula’s all-time best female cagers. She led Marquette to the Class A state championship in 1976 – the only U.P. large school title champion – and then played at Stanford University. She is Marquette’s all-time leading scorer with 1,341 points and averaged a school-record 31.2 points in 1976 playing for UPSHF inductee coach Barb Crill. She was a two-time all-state selection and was a unanimous all-U.P. pick. She helped the Redettes to three straight unbeaten seasons and at least 75 straight regular season wins.

After one season at Stanford, she transferred to the University of Pittsburgh at Kansas to play for Crill, then moved to Michigan State University, where a knee injury ended her career in 1981. One of her teammates, Cynie Cory, said Chapman was a “pioneer in basketball. Just as there will never be another Larry Bird, there will never be another Shel Chapman.” Chapman also held the school record in the discus throw.