(from left) Hollie Lepley, Corey VanFleet, Kathy Hewelt, Paul Karas, Carvin Melson

Kathy Hewelt was instrumental in bringing recognition to the Oakland University women’s basketball program. The school’s first recognized star, Hewelt scored an all-time high of 988 points during her career. She was selected to the All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Team and was an All-State Division I AIAW selection in both basketball and softball. She was nominated for the Kodak All-American Basketball Team in 1979. She captained both the basketball and softball teams for four years.

Hewelt was a member of a United States basketball team that toured Mexico in 1978, and had tryouts for the World University Games Team and United States National Team. A Dean’s List Student, she was named to the GLIAC Scholar of the Year in 1978-79.