On This Day In Alabama History: Basketball Star Ruthie Bolton Was Born
By Alabama NewsCenter Staff
May 25, 1967
At Auburn University, Ruthie Bolton played guard on three conference championship teams and garnered numerous honors, including second team All-SEC in 1989, All-Final Four in 1988 and All-Academic SEC in 1988 and 1989.
Bolton competed on several European teams before becoming one of the first players in the Women’s National Basketball Association, launched by the U.S. in 1997. She played on U.S. Olympic gold medal teams in 1996 and 2000.One of the first WNBA stars, Bolton played for the Sacramento Monarchs for eight years. She was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011 and the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.
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