Hall of Fame
Laphelia Doss played for coach Larry Joe Inman's Lady Colonels where she started all 113 games that were played by Eastern from 1994-98, ranking her second on Eastern's all-time games played list. She started her Eastern career in fine fashion, being named to the All-OVC freshman team in leading EKU to a four-way tie for the OVC championship. In the summer following her freshman year, she represented the United States through People-to-People Sports in Australia winning a silver medal. She put together a stellar first-team All-OVC sophomore year that saw her lead the OVC in rebounding and finish ninth in the final NCAA stats with her 11.5 rebounding average, while scoring in double digits in 22 games. She set an EKU single game record that year with 26 boards against Tennessee State and finished just one rebound shy of the EKU single season rebound mark with 309.
The Lady Colonels excelled her junior year in 1996-97 when they went 24-6 and ran off a stretch of 20 wins in 21 games, winning their first-ever outright OVC title. Doss did her part to help the Eastern cause that season by averaging 12.5 points in being named second-team All-OVC. Eastern won the conference regular season and league tournament as Doss was named MVP of the OVC Tournament. EKU made its first ever trip to the NCAA Tournament that season, playing Georgia in Athens, Georgia. She closed out her playing career in 1997-98 as Eastern went 20-8 and won the OVC record with a 15-3 mark. Doss was again first-team All-OVC as she ranked second in the conference in rebounding and in field goal percentage, while scoring 14.6 points per contest.
She ranks second on Eastern's career list in rebounds with 1,026 and 12th in scoring with 1,378 points. She holds the EKU career record for double-doubles with 38, offensive rebounds with 413 and is second in career field goal percentage with her final 51.3 shooting mark. She is one of only two Lady Colonels to ever record more than 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.
Graduating from EKU in May of 1998 with her degree in broadcast journalism, she later received her master's degree in sports administration from Eastern. Doss began her coaching career in 2002-03 at Eastern where she served as an assistant coach for four seasons. Since leaving EKU, she has completed a 16-year coaching career, making stops at James Madison, Southern Polytechnic State, Brewton-Parker, Austin Peay and North Carolina A&T.
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