Sheila Rice

Sport: Administrator (1977-97)
Inducted: 2005
Hometown: Waco, Texas

• Established national model program for academic mentoring, tutoring and career development
• Duly served as NCAA rules compliance supervisor
• Women student-athletes achieved a 99 percent graduation rate during her tenure
• Received bachelor's and master's degrees in physical education at Baylor University and a Ph.D. from USC
• Father, M.T. Rice, was a respected coach and athletics administrator in Waco Midway School system
• Excellent amateur golfer who retired to Georgetown, Texas