Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2005
- Class:
- 1981
One of the stars of the early field hockey teams, Cathy Inabnet was the top scorer for the Wildcats in 1980 as she set single-game, season and career scoring records that still stand today. Powered by Inabnet’s record 18 goals, Davidson went 15-7-1 with an 11-game winning streak and a 14-game unbeaten streak, both of which remain the longest such streaks for the field hockey team. The 15 wins are also a school record.
Davidson won the North Carolina state title that year and finished as runners-up in the region to become the first Wildcat women’s team to advance to a national tournament in any sport. The Wildcats advanced as far as the quarterfinals before being beaten by the top-ranked squad.
Inabnet posted a streak of seven straight games with at least one goal, including five goals in a 10-0 win over East Carolina. Only two other Wildcats have matched that total, one coming this season. For her career, she tallied 37 goals, another record that still stands 24 years after she graduated, as the team posted a 39-24-6 record. After her senior season, she was awarded the Rebecca Stimson Award as Davidson’s top female athlete.
