Lynn A. Barry (née Norenberg) is an American former Assistant Executive Director of USA women's basketball and former adviser to the
Women's National Basketball Association
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St. Petersburg Times
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St. Petersburg Times
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''. Accessed August 7, 2008. Barry is also considered to be the most talented player in the
College of William & Mary
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St. Petersburg, Florida
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, Norenberg attended her hometown's Lakewood High School where she graduated in 1977 and excelled in basketball, tennis, track and softball. She was named the Amateur Athlete of the Year in 1977 by the St. Petersburg Evening Independent and was inducted into the Lakewood HIgh School Hall of Fame in 2008. She currently resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado and is married to Basketball Hall of Famer
Rick Barry
Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944) is an American retired professional basketball player who starred at the NCAA, American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) levels. Barry ranks among the ...
. They have one son together, Canyon (Rick has four sons —
Jon
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Drew
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— and one daughter, Shannon, by his first wife).
College
Lynn Barry (then Norenberg) attended the
College of William & Mary
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in
Williamsburg, Virginia
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from 1977-1981. By the time she graduated, she had become the most decorated player in school history after having established 11 school records (six of which still stand). Lynn was a four-year starter and co-captain. She was named the conference Player of the Year as a freshman and led the team to the VAIAW state championship during her sophomore campaign, and for her career she scored exactly 1,500 points in only 82 games played. On February 17, 2002, Barry became the only women's athlete in William & Mary history, regardless of sport, to have her jersey number retired (#22).
Academic success
Aside from being the top player in program history, Lynn Barry was also recognized for her academic success. She was inducted into the Verizon Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 2001 after having graduated with a 3.97
GPA
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, with a major in Kinesiology. Her grades earned her two Academic All-American honors while at the College as well as an induction into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. Barry graduated 7th in her class of 869. She also received the prestigious James Frederick Carr Cup, presented to one graduating senior, for excellence in character, leadership, scholarship and service.
Multi-sport star
Lynn Barry also lettered in
track and field
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and was the
Virginia
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discus champion in 1977.
Other accomplishments during, or because of, Barry's athletic achievements include:
*Inducted into the William & Mary Athletics Hall of Fame (1991)
*Piedmont Conference Player of the Year (1978)
*Three-time VAIAW All-State Team
*Three-time VAIAW State All-Tournament Team
Post-college
After graduation from the College in 1981, Lynn went on to earn a
master's degree
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from
Kentucky
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with a 4.0 GPA. While a graduate student, she was an assistant coach for the
Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
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NCAA
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and was the only woman on a 10-person staff of field investigators. She then worked as the assistant executive director of USA Basketball for eleven years (1985–1996) where she organized all women's basketball teams for participation in events such as the Olympics,
World Championships
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and
Pan-American Games
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. She was named the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Executive of the Year in 1994. After the women's national team won the gold medal at the
1996 Olympics
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in
Atlanta
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, Barry left USA Basketball to become a special advisor to the WNBA. She worked at this position for five years, but is now a guest speaker at youth basketball camps in and around her home of
Colorado Springs
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