Cathy Boswell

Catherine La Ora Boswell (born November 10, 1962) is an American former basketball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. She played college basketball for Illinois State University before playing professionally around the world. She has 31 years of competitive basketball experience, including 24 years of professional basketball.

Illinois State University Boswell played for the Illinois State Redbirds from 1979 to 1983. She came to Illinois State as a 16-year-old freshman and, in her first year, the Redbirds quadrupled their overall win total and tripled their Missouri Valley Conference win total from the previous year. During her first two seasons at Illinois State, she led the Redbirds to a 51–18 record, an AIAW State Championship, and a WNIT bid. She surpassed 1,000 points in her first two years and has held the ISU freshman and sophomore records for scoring average, field goals, and rebounds. Boswell led the Redbirds to 90 wins during her career. She was the first Redbird to eclipse 2,000 points and is the ISU career record-holder in field goals and rebounding average. She is also in the top-10 for scoring, assists, blocks, and steals. Her ISU number is retired and hanging in the rafters of Redbird Arena. She was later placed into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2023.

USA Basketball Boswell was named to the team representing the USA at the 1980 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. The USA team ended with a 7–2 record, which was a three-way tie for first place. The tie-breaker was point differential, and the USA did not win the tie-breaker, so ended up with the bronze medal.