Althea Gwyn | Women's Basketball
Althea Gwyn attended Amityville High School on Long Island
before enrolling in Queens College, where she was a member of the
first women’s basketball team to play at Madison Square
Garden. An All-American following the 1977-78 season,
she twice led the nation in rebounding. “Thea”, as she
is fondly called by friends, went on to play professionally in the
Women’s Basketball League, a precursor to the WNBA. Following
her retirement from professional sports, Gwyn began a long career
with the Fayetteville, North Carolina, fire department, her
employer to this day.
