Tiffany Longworth

Perhaps it’s fitting that in a basketball-crazed community, the first woman inducted into the Hall of Fame is Howard County’s all-time — boys or girls — leading scorer.

Tiffany Longworth starred on Kokomo High teams that won three North Central Conference titles and two state championships. Over that four-year span, the Wildkats assembled a 94-7 record and the multi-talented 5-foot-8 guard scored 1,936 points. A decade after her graduation, she still owns 12 career records, including points, assists and steals. She also is recognized as the player most responsible for kick-starting a KHS girls basketball program that has become a symbol of excellence state-wide.

She was runner-up in voting for the 1993 Miss Basketball before accepting a scholarship to Penn State University. During her four seasons there, the Nittany Lions were 96-26 while winning two Big Ten championships. She graduated from Penn State as the school’s all-time leading 3-point shooter.