INDIANAPOLIS - Former IUPUI basketball players Kelly Fitzgerald-Cobb and David Wright have been named to the 2008 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary Teams. Wright will be honored at the 2008 Indiana Hall of Fame Men’s Awards Dinner on March 19, while Fitzgerald-Cobb will be honored at the Women’s Awards Dinner on March 26. Both dates will be held at Primo’s Banquet Hall.
Fitzgerald-Cobb (1983-87) helped Bedford North Lawrence to the 1983 IHSAA state title before joining Jim Price’s squad. During her four-year career, Fitzgerald-Cobb amassed 1,188 career points and still ranks tenth on the school’s all-time list. She led the team in assists all four years of his career and ranks second on IUPUI’s all-time list with 510. She capped her career by averaging 14.5 points per game as a senior, while helping the then Metros to an NAIA Bi-District Tournament crown and a spot in the NAIA National Tournament.
She was a two-time All-District 21 selection and was inducted into the IUPUI Hall of Fame in 1997.
Wright (1984-86) came to IUPUI after earning a spot on the Indiana All-Star Team after prepping at Lebanon High School. He played two seasons for head coach Bob Lovell, including appearing in 22 games on IUPUI’s NAIA Tournament participant team in 1985. The 6-foot-4 guard shot better than 72 percent from the foul line in 38 career games.
Additionally, Price, IUPUI’s head women’s coach from 1982-87, will be inducted to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame on March 19. Price, a standout at Indianapolis Tech High School, later played collegiately at the University of Louisville, where he was a First Team All-American his senior year.
Price later spent seven years in the NBA, including earning a spot on the league’s All-Rookie Team in 1973 and All-Defensive Team in 1974 as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. He later earned a spot on the NBA All-Star Team while with the Milwaukee Bucks, but retired from the league at the age of 29.
He later spent a year on the sidelines at UCLA and at Louisville before taking the IUPUI job in 1982.
