1st Class Inductee: February 6th, 2016
4 year varsity letter winner
Basketball All-State
1988 BCAM “Miss Basketball”
Played in the BCAM All-Star Game
Parade Magazine All-American
Full ride scholarship to Tennessee (played under Pat Summit)
Starting point guard at Tennessee in the NCAA National Championship Game as a true freshman
Won a 2nd National Championship as a junior
1992 NCAA All American
1st player ever drafted in the WNBA
Represented the USA in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games (won gold)
“Dena was an outstanding basketball player and an even better person. She was without question the best female basketball player in the history of P-CEP, the Observerland and the state of Michigan. Dena is a hall of fame kind of person and deserving of this honor.” Coach Bob Blohm
“Legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt said Dena was the only player she ever recruited who was ready to play college basketball on the first day of practice her freshman year.”
Mick McCabe (Detroit Free Press)
