Nov. 18, 2005

EVANSTON, Ill. -- Before Friday's exhibition game on Friday, Nov. 11, Anucha Browne Sanders, one of the greatest players to ever wear the N, addressed the 2005-06 team.

Browne Sanders talked to the team about leadership, the balance and collegiate athletics and academics, and leaving a mark at NU.

"It's what you do with the dash in your life," Browne Sanders said while describing a conversation with her mother.

Browne Sanders, the senior vice president in charge of marketing and business operations for the New York Knicks, attributed her success in the business world to her degree at Northwestern.

The Northwestern University graduate was no stranger to success on the hardwood. She was a three-time All Big Ten selection and two-time Big Ten Player of the Year for the Wildcats, finishing her career as the all-time leading scorer in Big Ten women's basketball history, as well as the school's all-time leader in points (2,307) and rebounds (951). The two-time Wade Trophy nominee and 1985 Kodak All-American also led the nation in scoring with a school record 31.5 ppg in 1984-85. She was also selected to play on the U.S. National Team that toured Europe and Asia following her graduation. Her long list of athletic honors includes being selected Northwestern's Athlete of the Decade for the `80's and being inducted to the Wildcats Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993. She was also honored by the Empire State Games as one of it's top athlete's of the first 25 years the competition has been in existence, in the summer of 2002.