SPORTS RELEASE
Austin Peay to retire Brooke Armistead's Uniform Jersey, Feb. 7
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
F-04 BK/bk 1/05/003
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.--Brooke Armistead, the greatest women's basketball player in Austin
Peay State University history and one of the Ohio Valley Conference all-time greatest, will be the
recipient of the greatest honor bestowed on an APSU athlete. Her uniform jersey permanently will be
retired during ceremonies surrounding APSU's, Saturday, Feb. 7th games against Samford. The
Lady Govs game will begin 5:15 p.m. that day followed by the men's 7:30 p.m. contest.
Armistead will watch her uniform number 10 become only the seventh jersey number retired in
APSU athletics history?and the first female athlete to be bestowed with such distinction. She will join
former football greats John Ogles (#30) and Harold "Red" Roberts (#84) and men's basketball
standouts Tom Morgan (#52), Howard Wright (#30), Charles "Bubba" Wells (#13) and Trenton
Hassell (#44). Her number will be permanently hung in Dave Aaron Arena that night. A display, com-
memorating Armistead's career, will be assembled in the Dunn Center's front lobby.
"Without question, Brooke is greatly deserving of this honor," APSU athletics director Dave
Loos said. "Her accomplishments were absolutely unbelievable both individually and what she did
helping her team to such great success. I think all the honors she achieved and the success of the
women's basketball team while she was here speak for themselves.
"Brooke wasn't chosen for this honor because she is female. But she is the first female hon-
ored and I don't think we could have asked for a more accomplished student-athlete. She is the
whole package in every sense of the word, student-athlete."
Armistead left Austin Peay as the Lady Govs all-time leading scorer?second all-time in OVC
history?while leading the Lady Govs to three straight OVC tourney titles and NCAA tourney appear-
ances. She was named first-team All-OVC for three straight years and earned OVC All-Tournament
all four seasons.
"She continually impressed and amazed me during her career," Loos said. "One thing that I
always have liked about her was as accomplished an athlete as she was, she continued to be a very
nice and humble person. People who accomplish as much as she did can become full of them-
selves. She certainly never did that. She remained the same person?a person who always repre-
sented her team and teammates well, one who has been just a terrific ambassador for this commu-
nity, Austin Peay and the OVC."
As a senior, the Elmwood native averaged an OVC-leading 18.9 ppg to help lead the Lady
Govs to a 27-4 record, including an league record 22 straight victories, and an unprecedented 16-0
conference mark. In the process, she was named OVC "Player of the Year" and OVC tournament
MVP, the second time she earned the award. She scored 30 points against North Carolina in the
Lady Govs heartbreaking NCAA tourney loss.
Armistead also was named OVC "Female Athlete of the Year" and the Steve Hamilton Award
recipient, annually presented to an OVC male or female student-athlete who best exemplifies the
characteristics of the late Morehead State student-athlete, coach and administrator Steve Hamilton.
(more)
Sports Information Office
P.O. Box 4515 Clarksville, TN 37044 ? www.apsu.edu/letsgopeay ? Phone: (931) 221-7561 ? Fax (931) 221-7562

---

Austin Peay to retire Brooke Armistead's Uniform Jersey, Feb. 7
Armistead finished her career with 2,508 points, and probably would have broken the OVC
scoring record (2526) if a head injury hadn't forced her to miss three games. She ended as the
NCAA's 29th all-time scoring leader and left as APSU's career leader in scoring, field goals, field
goals attempted, free throws, free throws attempted and free-throw percentage.
"I don't think I have ever seen a young lady who had the knack to score like she did," Loos
said. "There were so many times I thought she had dribbled herself into trouble but she always
found a way to finish the play.
"She worked so hard at every facet of the game and the results are evident in not only her
own achievements but the program's as well. She helped bring the women's basketball program
and Austin Peay a great deal of visibility."
Armistead graduated Austin Peay as part of the most successful women's basketball class.
Along with fellow senior Paige Smith, was a part of a school-record 78 career wins, bettering by 15
wins the previous mark.
After earning OVC "Freshman of the Year" in 1999-2000, Armistead was named to three
consecutive first-team All-OVC squads. Along the way, she also was named all-tournament in all 10
tournaments (regular season and postseason) that named all-tournament squads, including four
straight OVC all-tourney teams. She also was named MVP of the Unilever Tiger Classic at Missouri
last season.
In addition to leaving as APSU's all-time leading scorer--and the school's overall all-time
leading scorer, Armistead also owns the career mark for career scoring average (20.9 ppg).
Last spring, she became the first OVC player to be drafted by the WNBA.
She was named Austin Peay's female Joy Award recipient as the most valuable senior athlete
along with Most Outstanding Female Athlete.
A health and human performance graduate last spring, Armistead was presented the Gover-
nors Club Academic Achievement Award for owning the highest GPA (3.85) of graduating APSU
senior athletes. In addition, she was a three-time OVC Medal of Honor recipient, a four-time mem-
ber of the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll and three-time honoree as the Lady Govs Scholar-
Athlete. Armistead was named 2002-03 second-team Academic All-America after earning Aca-
demic All-District three times.
For more information about the historic night's activities, telephone the APSU athletic office
at (931) 221-7903.