Joyce Walker jersey to be retired at Garfield High School

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Before Garfield's boys basketball game against Lakes on Saturday, the Bulldogs are going to honor the past with their first basketball hall of fame inductions.

The school will recognize the 1974 "Superdogs" in a ceremony that begins at 7 p.m. That season Garfield finished unbeaten and is considered one of the best teams in state history.
Lakes coach JoJo Rodriguez was a player on that team and later, as the Bulldogs' coach, he led Garfield to the 1993 state championship.

The school is also retiring Joyce Walker's jersey. Walker graduated from Garfield in 1980 -- the Bulldogs won a championship that season -- before going on to become an All-American at LSU. She later became one of the first women to play with the Harlem Globetrotters and is widely considered the best female player to come out of Washington.

Like Rodriguez, Walker later coached her alma mater to a state title in 2005.

Garfield athletic director Jim Valiere said there will be music, videos and a slide show during the ceremony. The varsity game will start once the induction and jersey retirement is over.

Posted by Bill Martin