Courtney Cox Cole
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Courtney Cox Cole is a former outstanding high-school and college athlete from Indiana.
[edit] High school
Cole (then Cox) played basketball at Noblesville (Indiana) High School, where she led the Millers to three straight IHSAA State Finals appearances, highlighted by a state title in 1987 and a state runner-up finish in 1988. She contributed 17 points and 11 rebounds in the 1987 state finals victory and tallied 29 points in the 1988 finale. She ranks 27th on Indiana's career scoring chart with 1,869 points.[1]
She won the Dial Award for the American high-school athlete/scholar of the year in 1988, and, in 1989, was named to USA Today’s All-USA high school girls basketball team[2], and to Parade Magazine’s All-American team.
[edit] College career
Cole competed at the varsity level in both basketball and golf at Indiana University.
In two seasons (1989-90, 1990-91) of basketball for the Hoosiers, she started in 22 games, tallying 301 points and 71 assists.
Cole excelled on the golf course as well under legendary coach Sam Carmichael. A four-year member of the IU golf team, Cole averaged a 78.94 while at Indiana. More impressively, Cole earned All-Big Ten honors on three occasions and qualified for the NCAA Championship in 1993.
In the classroom, Cole collected one Academic All-Big Ten honor in basketball and three in golf. Cole graduated from Indiana in 1994 with a degree in finance and accounting.
