McDaniel College Names Court for Women's Basketball Coach

Update: Due to the weather forecast and State of Emergency declared in Pennsylvania, the start time of the McDaniel College women’s basketball game against Dickinson has been changed to 11 a.m. The dedication of The Rebecca L. Martin Court will now take place at 1 p.m. with the women's basketball alumnae game to follow.

McDaniel College has announced that it will name the court in the college's Gill Center in honor of longtime women's basketball coach Becky Martin '80.

A formal ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for the court, which is being named The Rebecca L. Martin Court, will take place at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19, at Gill Center at McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster, Md. The Green Terror women's basketball team hosts Dickinson in a Centennial Conference (CC) doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m. McDaniel's annual women's basketball alumnae game also takes place following the dedication. All events are free and open to the public.

McDaniel alumnae and friends of the Green Terror women's basketball program, including the Hornberger Family of Westminster, Md., have established The Rebecca L. Martin Court Endowed Fund. The Fund provides for the naming of the court used by the men's and women's basketball teams, volleyball team and wrestling team, as well as supports the annual maintenance of the hardwood floor.

Martin, who was a multisport star at Westminster High School and a student-athlete at McDaniel (formerly Western Maryland) College, took over the reins of the women’s basketball program in 1981, just a year after graduating from the college, and has been a staple on the Green Terror sideline for 37 seasons. With a 554-369 record, she is the winningest coach in Centennial Conference (CC) history. Martin announced that she would take an indefinite medical leave prior to the 2018-19 season.