Hall of Fame
Julie Finch (1988-92), while remaining on several SOU all-time record lists, is remembered as one of the key figures who helped turn the Raider women’s basketball team into a perennial force. As a freshman and sophomore she endured the program’s eighth and ninth consecutive losing seasons, winning just seven games that first year. But by the time she became a second-team NAIA All-American as a senior in 1991-92, the Raiders went 19-10 overall and 9-3 in their first year of competition in the Cascade Conference – marking the second of 13 straight winning seasons. She departed as SOU’s career leader in points (1,384), rebounds (1,075) and steals (289), as well as third in assists (239), and she remains No. 5 in points, No. 2 in rebounds and No. 2 in steals. Finch, who graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Economics, is the ninth women’s basketball player entered individually into the Hall.
