Mayes, a native of Corinth,
Miss., was a two-year letterman in women's baskeball at North Alabama in 1984 and
1985 and helped lead the Lions to their first Gulf South Conference women's basketball
championship and their first NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament appearances.
Mayes was chosen All-Gulf South Conference in 1984 and 1985, was a member of
the NCAA Division II South Regional All-Tournament team in 1985 and was an honorable
mention All-American as a senior. She helped lead UNA to its first NCAA Division II
Tournament appearance in 1984 and to a GSC regular-season title, a GSC Tournament crown
and a second NCAA berth in 1985. She
scored 919 career points in just two seasons, with 468 points in 1984 and 451 in 1985. Hit
50.7 percent of her career shots, making 399-of-786 attempts. She scored 30 or more points
in a single game three times, with a high 34 points against West Georgia in 1985.
Mayes
graduated from UNA in 1986 with a B.S. degree in Health, Physical Education and
Recreation, and later received her Master’s degree from UNA in 1990. She
is also enjoying a highly successful coaching career at Muscle Shoals High School,
where her volleyball teams have won three straight state championships in 1998, 1999 and
2000, earning her numerous regional, state and national coaching awards. Mayes
earned a B.S. degree in Physical Education from UNA in 1986 and added a Master's in
Education degree from UNA in 1990.
