Wanda Ford / Hoops Legend, Impacting Lives

About this episode

Wanda Ford, a basketball legend and community advocate, discusses her career and current work with kids.

Wanda Ford is a 2025 inductee into the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame. She was a standout basketball star at Cleveland’s East Tech high and Drake University. Her number was retired at both schools. She was the first woman in NCAA history to collect 1,500 rebounds. She played 16 years of pro basketball overseas. Now, she works with kids at Old Brooklyn Community middle school. Also in this episode, Kate Rybak, the Executive Principal of the school.

People in this episode

Guests: Wanda Ford, Kate Rybak

Topics covered

• basketball
• sports
• community impact

Keywords

• Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame
• NCAA
• East Tech
• Drake University

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Cleveland

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