Hall of Fame
Cottle played two spectacular years for the EKU women’s basketball team from 1983-85, collecting first-team All-OVC honors each season. She joined the program as a junior after being named a Junior College All-American at Miami Dade-South Community College where she was selected as the conference athlete of the year. As a junior, she led coach Dianne Murphy’s Colonels to wins over Wisconsin, Evansville, Duke, Bowling Green and Louisville en route to a 17-11 overall record and a second place OVC finish. That season, she led the OVC in field goal percentage with her 56.2 mark, was seventh in scoring at 15.2 points per game and third in rebounding at 9.5 boards per contest. One of her top performances her junior season was when she grabbed 17 rebounds in a 69-55 EKU win over Louisville. Following her junior season, she, along with fellow EKU Hall of Famer Lisa Goodin, were invited to Colorado to try out for the U.S. Olympic Team. As a senior, Cottle helped EKU continue its winning ways as the Colonels compiled an 18-10 record with impressive victories over Miami (Florida), Dayton and Kent State. She averaged 15.5 points and 11.1 rebounds per game, both team-bests for the season. Her top rebounding performance came against Dayton when she pulled down 20 boards. She holds program records for most double-double (16), most rebounds (310) and best field goal percentage in a single year while attaining All-America status. Following her Eastern career, she played overseas in Ireland and England and was named Player of the Year in England in 1986.
