Hall of Fame
Amber Deline, a Hackleburg, Ala., native, was a four-time All-Gulf South Conference selection, earning first-team honors in 2000, 2001 and 2003 and second-team honors in 2002. The GSC Freshman of the Year in 2000 and a member of the Division II Bulletin All-American Freshman team, she went on to become UNA's all-time leading scorer with 1,622 points in 108 career games.
Deline also ranks as UNA's all-time leading rebounder with 756, which is 82 more than any other player in school history. She led the Lions in rebounding four straight seasons with 192 in 2000, 208 in 2001, 170 in 2002 and 186 in 2003. She was UNA’s leading scorer in 2000 (488), 2001 (423) and 2003 (375).
She finished her career with a 50.4 field goal percentage, hitting 548 of 1,087 shot attempts. She also made 476 of 674 career free throw attempts for a 70.6 percentage and added 127 career steals, 230 assists and 43 blocked shots.
Deline led UNA to a combined 67-41 record during her career and was also a second-team Daktronics All-South Region pick in 2000.
Following her playing career, Deline worked as a graduate assistant women's basketball coach at Montevallo (2003-06) while earning her Master's degree. She then worked for two seasons as an assistant coach at Samford University.
Set to begin her first season as head women's basketball cach at James Clemens High School in Madison, Deline led Oneonta High School to back-to-back Class 4A State Championships in 2013 and 2014 with a combined 65-10 record over the two-year period. She also led the Redskins to a Northeast Regional runner-up finish in 2010 and to the sub-regional round in 2011.
