Tracey Hall

Tracey Hall, or Tracey Hall Yarbrough, is a former women's basketball player for Ohio State University. She became the Big-Ten's first two-time Kodak All-American team member competing in 1987 and 1988.[1][2] At Ohio State University, she still ranks #1 in rebounds, #1 in FG%, #2 in scoring, #3 in steals and #4 in games played.[2]

She ranks second on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,912 career points and 1 60.0 Field Goal Percentage. She also owns the school's rebounding record with 1,115. She is the only player in school history to get 300 rebounds in a single season. She started every game of her collegiate career, scored in double figures in 101 games. During her tenure, Ohio State's record was an incredible 102–20. In 1986, she was selected as the Ohio State athlete of the year.

Personal life

Tracey and her husband, Reese Yarbrough, were childhood friends. They have two sons.[3]

Recognitions

recognitions citation[2]

Team memberships
  • Big Ten All-Decade team
  • Kodak All-American team 1988
  • OSU Team 1988
    • OSU team of 1988 competed in the NCAA Sweet 16
  • World University Gates Team 1987
  • Kodak All-American team 1987
  • OSU Team 1987
    • OSU team of 1987 competed in the NCAA final eight
    • OSU team of 1987 played in co-championship
  • USA Basketball Select Team 1986
  • OSU Team 1986
    • OSU team of 1986 competed in the NCAA Sweet 16
    • OSU team of 1986 played in Big Ten championship
  • OSU Team 1985
    • OSU team of 1985 competed in the NCAA final eight
    • OSU team of 1985 played in Big Ten championship

memberships citation[2]

Ohio State statistics

Source[4]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1984–85 Ohio State 31 396 60.1% 69.0% 8.3 2.1 1.9 0.7 12.8
1985–86 Ohio State 30 498 61.7% 73.6% 9.5 1.8 2.1 1.0 16.6
1986–87 Ohio State 31 506 62.0% 72.5% 9.8 2.9 1.9 1.0 16.3
1987–88 Ohio State 30 512 56.3% 78.1% 9.0 2.6 2.6 0.8 17.1
Totals Ohio State 122 1912 60.0% 74.1% 9.1 2.3 2.1 0.9 15.7

USA Basketball

Hall was selected to be a member of the team representing the US at the 1987 World University Games held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. The USA team won four of the five contests. After winning their next game against Finland, the USA faced the host team Yugoslavia. The game went to overtime, but Yugoslavia prevailed, 93–89. The USA faced China in the next game. They won 84–83, but they needed to win by at least five points to remain in medal contention. They won the final game against Canada to secure fifth place. Hall averaged 9.6 points per game and 4.0 rebounds per game.[5]

References
  1. List of All-American Team members by Year list of team members Archived 2013-01-03 at archive.today
  2. first Big-Ten two times member
  3. "Whatever happened to former Cleveland Heights basketball standout Tracey Hall?". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  4. "Ohio State Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  5. "Fourteenth World University Games – 1987". www.usab.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
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