From Hall of Honor press release dated Oct. 25, 2005:

Though small in stature, Melinda Wigton Cathey assumes a significant place in the history of Wittenberg women's basketball. A four-year letterwinner and starter, Cathey, a 5-3 guard, helped the Tigers to an 8-9 record as a senior in 1981-82, the program's best mark in six years, by averaging 10.9 points and 3.4 assists per game. After the season, Cathey became the only player in the program's history to earn first-team Academic All-America honors. Cathey averaged double figures in scoring all four years in the Red & White, including 1979-80, when she poured in 16.9 points per game and set a school record for points in a game with 35 tallies against Central State. At the conclusion of the season, Cathey was named team most valuable player. After graduating from Wittenberg with a 3.92 grade point average in psychology, Cathey was the only NCAA Division III player selected to play on the 1983-84 Athletes in Action (AIA) touring team. She averaged 2.2 points and led the team with 16 steals while appearing in all 14 games for the AIA team on its 1983 tour of Japan, China, Macao and Hong Kong. Cathey, who now resides in Cottage Grove, Minn., was the founder and director of a residential transitional care program for Russian orphans in St. Petersburg, Russia, for 10 years. She now helps coach a high school team that includes her daughter, which finished 24-0 last year and won a conference championship.

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