Debbie Benziger-Dudukovich

Aglance at Debbie Benziger-Dudukovich’s basketball career shows that everything she touched turned to gold.

While at Kokomo High School, Benziger-Dudukovich started on state championship teams of 1992 and 1993 and starred on the 1994 squad (averaging 24.6 ppg.) that was state runner-up. In the four years the 5-foot-10 forward played in the program, the Kats amassed a 97-7 won-lost record.

Thirteen years after her graduation, she still owned 16 Kokomo career, season or single-game records and ranked No. 2 in 11 other categories. She graduated as Howard County’s No. 2 career girls leading scorer (1,479 points) and was runner-up in voting for Miss Basketball.

While at Butler University, the Bulldogs posted their best-ever four-year record of 84-32. A three-year starter, she was the Midwestern Collegiate Conference Tournament MVP in 1996, leading the Bulldogs to their only NCAA Tournament appearance. She graduated in 1998 as Butler’s No. 7 career-leading scorer with 1,214 points.