Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame
Jayne Arledge - Women's Basketball - (1976-79)
Jayne Arledge was the first female to receive athletic grant-in-aid at Western Carolina University in 1976 and the first female to have her jersey retired in school history. She is the all-time leading scorer in WCU women's basketball history with 1,928 points in four seasons and averaged 21.7 points per game for her career. She scored 30 points five times and owns 11 WCU game, season and career WCU records. She led the Lady Catamounts to four consecutive winning seasons and was two-time all-state selection. An honor student who went gone on to a successful collegiate coaching career, inducted into the North Greenville University Hall of Fame on Jan. 12, 2019.
