Hall of Fame Inductees
- Induction:
- 2016
Basketball 2007-11
Jantel Lavender graduated as arguably the greatest Buckeye in the history of women’s basketball. She became the first Big Ten player, male or female, to be named the Big Ten Player of the Year four times and the only women’s basketball player in a Power Five conference to accomplish that feat. She also became just Ohio State’s second three-time All-American in the history of the program.Lavender left Columbus as Ohio State’s all-time leading scorer (2,818 points), the Big Ten’s all-time leading rebounder (1,422), and held the school and B1G single season record with 774 points. She scored in double-figures in all 136 career games, which is still an NCAA record for consecutive games with at least 10 points, and set a school-record by starting all 136 games in her career.
During Lavender’s career, she was part of three Big Ten regular season championships, three Big Ten Tournament titles, four NCAA tournament appearances and two trips to the Sweet 16. She was named the Big Ten Tournament’s MVP three times and led the conference in scoring twice. As a sophomore, she became only the second player in Big Ten women’s basketball history to complete the statistical Triple Crown, leading the conference in scoring (20.8), rebounding (10.7), and field goal percentage (.541).
