Women's Basketball | 4/6/2023 12:44:00 PM

April 6, 2023-Two more Emporia State standouts will be added to the MIAA Hall of Fame this spring. Lady Hornets Cassondra Boston Richards and Brittney Miller Pitts will six other former student-athletes, a coach, an official and a former MIAA Commissioner in this year's class of inductees.
 
Both earned Elite Eight All-Tournament honors as members of the Lady Hornets 2010 Women's Basketball National Championship team.  Boston Richards was an All-American point guard on that team while Miller Pitts was a forward who also earned All-American honors as an outside hitter for the Emporia State volleyball team.
 
The Hall of Fame induction will occur during the MIAA Awards Ceremony presented by Husch Blackwell, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in the Music Hall at the Kansas City Convention Center – 301 W 13th Street in Kansas City, Mo.
 
Brittney Miller Pitts | Emporia State
Volleyball and Women's Basketball Student-Athlete (2007-11)
Every team Brittney Miller Pitts played on at Emporia State (volleyball in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010; basketball in 2008, 2009, 2010) advanced to the NCAA Tournament. She was a three-time All-MIAA selection in volleyball (2008, 2009 and 2010) and earned First Team All-MIAA honors in basketball her junior year (2009-10) – the same year she was named to the Eight All-Tournament Team and helped the Hornet women's basketball team to the 2010 NCAA Division II National Title. Miller-Pitts was named the MIAA Player of the Year in her senior volleyball season after leading the league with 4.00 kills per set at a .381 hitting percentage. She was also named a First Team All-American by the AVCA. Miller-Pitts ended her career ranked fourth at ESU with 1,357 career kills, 76 double figure kill matches, and a .326 hitting percentage while ranking fifth in career kills per set at 3.25. She had her basketball career cut short by a knee injury in the last regular season match of the 2010 volleyball season.
 
Cassondra Boston Richards | Emporia State
Women's Basketball Student-Athlete (2006-2010)
Cassondra Boston Richards had an impressive basketball career at Emporia State from being named the MIAA Freshman of the Year to being honored as the Association's Player of the Year her senior season. A four-time All-MIAA selection, Boston-Richards helped lead the Lady Hornets to the 2010 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball National Championship game where ESU was crowned national champions. She was named the MIAA's 2009-10 Ken B. Jones Winner, awarded to the Association's top female student-athlete. In the same year she was also a top 30 finalist for the NCAA Women of the Year, the CoSIDA South Central Regional Player of the Year, named a WBCA All-American, and was named to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight All-Tournament Team. Boston-Richards ended her career at ESU ranked fourth in scoring with 1,844 points, second with 244 made three-pointers, and sixth with 475 career assists. She was also named an Emporia State Outstanding Recent Graduate in 2019.
 
MIAA Hall of Fame Class of 2023 Inductees:
Dr. Bob Boerighter | Northwest Missouri & MIAA
Coach, Athletic Director, Conference Commissioner 
Daryl Cronk | Pittsburg State
Baseball Student-Athlete (1997-99) 
Ana Dilkes | Central Missouri
Women's Soccer Student-Athlete (2014-17) 
Kacie Edwards | Central Oklahoma
Softball Student-Athlete (2010-13)
Gene McArtor | MIAA Official
Football 
Brittney Miller Pitts | Emporia State
Volleyball and Women's Basketball Student-Athlete (2007-11)
Cassondra Boston Richards | Emporia State
Women's Basketball Student-Athlete (2006-2010)
Patty Vavra | Missouri Southern
Cross Country and Track & Field Head Coach (1994-2016)
Heavin Warner | Central Missouri
Women's Track & Field Student-Athlete (2011-16)
Troy Wilson | Pittsburg State
Football and Men's Track & Field Student-Athlete (1989-1992)
LEGACY INDUCTEE:
Diane Miller | Missouri Southern
Softball Student-Athlete (1989-92)
 
 
Emporia State Inductees to MIAA Hall of Fame
Class of 2020
Keith Hernandez - Baseball (2007-08)
1997-98 Emporia State Women's Basketball Team
Class of 2019
Melissa Stevens - Softball (2003-06)
Michelle Stueve - Women's Basketball (2004-08)
Class of 2017
Tyler Paul - Football (2000-04)
Class of 2015
Brian Shay - Football (1995-99)
2009-10 Emporia State Women's Basketball Team
Class of 2014
Heather Leverington - Women's Track & Field (1997-2002)
Class of 2012
Emily Bloss Carpenter - Women's Basketball (1997-2001)
Deandra Doubrava McBride - Women's Track & Field (1994-99)