Hall of Fame
RENAE CODY - Women’s Basketball (1981-84)
Renae Cody was a four-year member of UNA women’s basketball teams from 1981-84.
She was a member of UNA’s 1982 AAIAW Northern Division Championship team under Gary Elliott and a member of UNA’s first NCAA Division II Tournament team as a senior in 1983-84 under Wayne Byrd. She was selected first-team All-Gulf South Conference in 1983-84. T
he Lions had a combined 79-39 record in her four years in the program.
At the time of her induction, she ranked as the fourth leading scorer in UNA women’s basketball history with 1,294 points, 35 years after playing her last game and having played in an era prior to the three-point shot. She made 559 career field goals and 176 free throws in 118 career games. She ranks as UNA’s career leader in steals with 208 and is second in career assists with 477. Her top scoring game was 30 against Stillman in 1983-84.
A native of Red Bay, Ala., Cody scored 294 in 1980-81, 264 in 1981-82, 357 in 1982-83 and 379 points in 1983-84.
Cody has worked for the Central Service Association in Tupelo, Miss., for almost 34 years as a programmer and customer service representative. The company is a computerized information system service that serves the needs of public utilities across the seven states of the Tennessee Valley and other utilities outside the Tennessee Valley area as well.
