Hall of Fame
Karlene DaRosa was starting the first-ever softball program and Ann Hope was named head coach of the fourth edition of the Lady Saints basketball program in 1980. Both wanted to make their marks early at the district and national level and what better way to start that implementation than to recruit a pair of twins, Kim and Carol Brinkman. The result: Two NAIA District 20 titles in the first three years of Hope's tutelage and a second-place reading at the NAIA World Series in the third year of the softball program under then head coach Ed Serdar. A forward in basketball, Kim Brinkman ranks fourth on the all-time list in total points (1,277), with a school-record 319 of those points coming on free throws. In one game alone, she hit 15-of-18 free throws, also a school-best. A record-holder, along with Colleen Fitzgerald for most games played in a career (121), Brinkman fell one notch behind the latter in best field goal percentage for a season with her 53.3% efficiency rating in the '80-81 campaign. For her career, she averaged 10.6 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. Little was lost in production when the season moved to softball, especially in her initial campaign when she batted .385 to earn All-District accolades as a rightfielder. She still ranks third on the all-time list in home runs (7) and fifth in runs scored (100).
