Pam Kelly

Pam Kelly

Personal information
Born	Columbia, Louisiana, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Career information
College	Louisiana Tech
Playing career	1978–1982
Position	Center
Career highlights
Wade Trophy (1982) 3× Kodak All-American (1980–1982) Broderick Award (1982) Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame (1984)
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Pamela Kelly-Flowers, a native of Columbia, Louisiana ^[1] is an American former women's basketball player at Louisiana Tech University. She won two national championships for the Lady Techsters. She was named to the All-American team in 1980, 1981, and 1982, her school's only three-time All-American. Kelly won the 1982 Wade Trophy and the 1982 Honda Sports Award for basketball, awards presented annually to the best women's basketball player in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. She was enshrined as a charter member into the Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984, and her #41 jersey was retired. She was inducted in 1992 into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007. ^[2]

Kelly is married to Nathan Flowers Sr., and the couple has two sons. Her son John Flowers is a professional basketball player. ^[3]

Louisiana Tech statistics

Source ^[4]

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	FT%	RPG	PPG
1979	Louisiana Tech	38	721	63.8%	56.4%	9.8	19.0
1980	Louisiana Tech	45	932	61.1%	59.4%	10.9	20.7
1981	Louisiana Tech	34	595	59.9%	60.3%	9.5	17.5
1982	Louisiana Tech	36	731	64.4%	69.2%	9.1	20.3
Career		153	2979	62.3%	61.5%	9.9	19.5

Awards and honors

• 1982—Winner of the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) for basketball ^{[5] [6]}
• 1982—Wade Trophy ^[7]

References

1. "Pam Kelly". www.latechsports.com. Retrieved 25 Sep 2015.
2. Pamela Kelly-Flowers Archived 2017-10-12 at the Wayback Machine .
3. O'Neil, Dana (December 29, 2010). "Mom's lessons pay off for John Flowers". ESPN . Retrieved June 25, 2018.
4. "Women's Basketball Finest" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
5. "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR BASKETBALL". THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards Program. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
6. Times-Picayune, James Summerlin, NOLA com | The (August 2014). "Louisiana Tech's Pam Kelly-Flowers is No. 21 on Louisiana's list of all-time top 51 athletes". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
7. "The Wade Trophy". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 30 Jun 2014.