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Podcast: Camel Call - Sports Podcast
Episode: Tales From The Creek | Wanda Watkins - Part 1
Description: In the fall of 1975 Wanda Watkins enrolled at Campbell College. Little did she know at that moment that her collegiate and professional career would last nearly five decades – all of which would be spent in Buies Creek.
Campbell's first-ever female athletic scholarship recipient, Wanda distinguished herself on the basketball court and softball field – so much so that upon graduation in 1979, she was hired as an assistant coach.
Just two years later, Wanda was hired as HEAD basketball coach – a job she held for 35 years in a Hall of Fame career.
After retiring from coaching in 2016, she moved into the administrative side o...