Brenda Jordan, Staten Island’s first female 1,000-point scorer, grew up in an era when there were few opportunities for women athletes; but from an early age she refused to be limited by the imagination of others, playing baseball on boys’ teams and setting scoring records at St. Joseph Hill Academy that would last forever.
She averaged 26 points a game over four seasons from 1957 to 1960 – 35 a game her junior season – and once outscored the opposition all by herself, pouring in 53 points in a 67-51 victory over St. Peter’s.
Class of 2017