University of North Alabama Athletics

Wanda Beckham Ross became the first female inductee into the UNA Hall of Fame when she was inducted in 1993. A native of Clifton, Tenn., she was a two-year starter for the Lady Lions basketball team (1978-79, 1979-80) and earned American Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AAIA W) All-American honors as a senior in 1980 after helping take UNA to a 22-10 record and the state championship.

A two-time All-State selection, Beckham set five single-game, three season and five career school records at UNA, averaging 19.5 points per game. She scored 1,033 career points and scored in double-figures in 24 consecutive games at one stretch. She was the team's top scorer in both 1979 and 1980 and was a key figure in helping establish a winning tradition in the UNA women's basketball program which had won just 16 games in its three seasons prior to Beckham's arrival.

She received her  B.S. degree in physical education from UNA in 1981. Married to former UNA baseball player Roy Ross, she has three sons and still lives in Florence.