Augusta University

Lawanna "Kita" Monday is the all-time leading scorer in Augusta women's basketball history with 2,143 career points. A four-year star under coach Lowell Barnhart, she averaged 19.3 points per game across her career — an incredible mark sustained over four seasons — including a season-high 21.9 as a sophomore. Her No. 44 jersey was retired on November 16, 2009.

She burst onto the scene in 1994 as Peach Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, then went on to earn All-Conference honors three times. Monday is still the only Augusta women's basketball player to surpass 2,000 career points, finishing her career with a .477 field goal percentage and nearly 700 rebounds. Barnhart described her as a once-in-a-generation player: "She was like a Michael Jordan, a Kobe Bryant, a Larry Bird, and a Magic Johnson. When the game was on the line, she wanted the ball. Not everybody is like that."

Now a podiatrist in Lithonia, Georgia, Monday has been practicing since 2007. She has shared that many of her fondest memories of Augusta come from the bonds she built with her teammates — relationships that have endured long after her playing career ended. "It's mostly the people I remember, but you can remember the experiences from the games with them or maybe hitting a game- or buzzer-winner, but mostly it's the players that played with you. A lot of them keep in contact; I'm godmother to some of their kids and they're godmothers to my children." Her career average of 19.3 points per game over four years remains one of the most remarkable sustained scoring performances in Peach Belt Conference history.