CHARLOTTE, N.C., February 27, 2023 – Monroe College women's basketball legend Fantasia Goodwin '06 has been announced as one of three honorees to be inducted into the NJCAA Women's Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2023, as announced by the NJCAA on Monday.
 
Goodwin, arguably the greatest student-athlete in the history of the Monroe College Mustangs women's basketball program, joins two other inductees for the NJCAA Women's Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Class of 2023. Goodwin will be inducted alongside long-time New Mexico Junior College head coach Drew Sanders, as well as Pearl River Community College alumna Elaine Powell.
 
Fantasia Goodwin's two-season tenure with the Mustangs were nothing short of legendary. To this day, Goodwin still stands as not only the program's all-time scoring leader, amassing an unbelievable 1,685 points from 2004-06, but also as the NJCAA Div. III women's basketball's all-time leading scorer. Her 27.2 career scoring average also tops the NJCAA Div. III women's basketball record book.
 
In her freshman campaign in 2004-05, Goodwin averaged 26.3 points, 15.6 rebounds, leading the country in both categories, adding and 3.7 assists per game and totaling 192 steals on the season. That year, the Mustangs finished as the runner-up at the 2005 NJCAA Div. III Women's Basketball Championship.
 
Goodwin came back in 2005-06 to finish the job for the Mustangs. She led the team to a perfect 36-0 record and the 2006 NJCAA Div. III Women's Basketball Championship Title in her sophomore season. That year, Goodwin averaged 28.1 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game with 165 total steals. Goodwin's 91 points scored in the 2006 tournament are the second most in tournament history. Her 871 points in 2005-06 are still the second most in a single-season in NJCAA Div. III women's basketball history.
 
Goodwin's time at Monroe College resulted in an incredible amount of accolades, including NJCAA Div. III Women's Basketball First-Team All-America twice, NJCAA Div. III Women's Basketball Championship MVP, New York State Junior College Player of the Year, New York/New Jersey Met Basketball Writers Player of the Year, WBCA All-America, Region 15 Div. III Player of the Year and Region 15 Tournament MVP.
 
After completing her junior college career at Monroe, Goodwin made the jump from NJCAA Div. III to NCAA Div. I, transferring to Syracuse University to complete her collegiate career. In her junior season at Syracuse, Goodwin averaged 12 points per game and led the team with 40 three-pointers, while also finishing second on the team in rebounding and third in steals and assists. Goodwin's senior season saw her average 12.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. Her single-game high of 25 rebounds was a Syracuse program record at the time. After graduating from Syracuse, Goodwin continued her basketball career playing professionally overseas.

Fantasia Goodwin's Syracuse University women's basketball roster bio
 
The 2023 NJCAA Hall of Fame Class will be recognized at the NJCAA Foundation Awards Event that will be held in Charlotte, N.C., in June 2023. Along with the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, the association's three annual individual student-athlete awards will be recognized – the Betty Jo Graber Female Student-Athlete of the Year, the David Rowlands Male Student-Athlete of the Year, and the Lea Plarski Award. For the third time in the association's history, two additional awards will be recognized at the awards event – the Champion Award and the Difference Maker Award.
 
ABOUT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT MONROE COLLEGE
The athletic program at Monroe College encompasses a total of 35 teams competing across nine sports. There are 21 varsity and junior varsity programs, as well the Monroe College marching band and the newly added esports and men's volleyball programs, competing on the New Rochelle campus as the Mustangs (NJCAA Division I). The Monroe Express, based out of the Bronx campus, has 11 teams competing at the NJCAA Division III level.
 
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