26 Facts About Kerry Bascom

Kerry Bascom was born on March 3,1969 and is a retired American women's basketball player.

Kerry Bascom played forward and center for the Connecticut Huskies from 1987 to 1991, scoring 2,177 points, a school record until broken in 1998 by Nykesha Sales.

Kerry Bascom helped lead the Connecticut team to its first ever Big East Conference regular season championship, first Big East Tournament championship, first NCAA tournament appearance, first NCAA Tournament win, and the first ever NCAA Final Four appearance.

Kerry Bascom went on to play for the gold medal-winning World University Games team in 1991.

Kerry Bascom attended Epping High School in Epping, New Hampshire, where her graduating class included only 44 students.

Schools in New Hampshire in the small school division are allowed to add middle school students to their rosters thus Kerry Bascom was able to join the junior varsity team as an eighth grader.

Kerry Bascom scored 25 points in her first game and averaged 30 points a game on the junior varsity team, so she was added to the varsity team.

Kerry Bascom scored 12 points in four minutes in her first game.

Kerry Bascom finished high school as Epping's all-time leading scorer with 2,408 points.

In 1987 Kerry Bascom was selected as a Parade High School All-American.

Kerry Bascom had a friend from a rival school call her and invite her to try out for an Amateur Athletic Union team in Massachusetts since they didn't have any in the New Hampshire area.

Kerry Bascom's mom had been very sick with multiple sclerosis so Kerry Bascom wanted to stay close to home.

Kerry Bascom narrowed her college selection down to UConn, Boston College, Syracuse University, Rutgers University and Boston University.

Kerry Bascom's freshman roommate was a senior, who would occasionally lock her out of her room.

Kerry Bascom graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology from UConn.

When Nykesha Sales was considering attending UConn, she asked for number 42; Sales had worn number 24 in high school, but out of respect for Kerry Bascom asked to have the digits reversed.

Kerry Bascom occupies five of the top ten positions in the most points in a single game list, as well as top ten positions in numerous other single-game categories.

Kerry Bascom was a member of the inaugural class of inductees to the University of Connecticut women's basketball "Huskies of Honor" recognition program.

Kerry Bascom received a special award on February 5,2011, as part of the National Girls and Women In Sport Day.

Kerry Bascom was the recipient of the award recognizing "an individual who has made significant contributions to the advancement of women's sports on the UConn campus".

Kerry Bascom played for the USA team, one of sixteen teams at the fifteenth World University Games held in Sheffield, England.

Kerry Bascom was Coach Auriemma's first player to go overseas to play basketball.

Kerry Bascom came home after the season, and married her high school sweetheart.

Kerry Bascom missed basketball so she went to France to play.

Kerry Bascom was hired as a women's assistant basketball coach at the University of New Hampshire which she held for five years starting in 1996.

Kerry Bascom was a full-time case manager for Community Partners, overseeing services for individuals 21 and over with developmental disabilities in Strafford County, New Hampshire, where she helped train athletes for the Special Olympics.