About Ann
Ann Meyers Drysdale was born on March 26, 1955, in San Diego, California. As a high school athlete, she lettered in seven sports and became the first high school player selected for the U.S. national basketball team in 1974. She received the first four-year athletic scholarship awarded to a woman at UCLA (1974–1978) and was a four-time All-American. In 1978, she achieved the first quadruple-double in NCAA Division I basketball history. She won gold at the 1975 Pan American Games and the 1979 FIBA World Championship, and silver at the 1976 Olympics.
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Known for
- First woman to receive an NCAA athletic scholarship
- Four-time All-American basketball player at UCLA
- First player to make quadruple-double in NCAA Division I basketball
- First high school player selected for U.S. national basketball team
- First woman to sign with an NBA team
- Women's Professional Basketball League co-MVP
- Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
- Olympic and international basketball competition medalist
- Sports broadcaster covering multiple Olympic Games
- Phoenix Mercury vice president and general manager
- Basketball player
- Sports broadcaster
- Basketball executive
- Color analyst
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