Friends, fans pay tribute to Pat Summitt one-year after her death
What a miserable year it’s been without Pat Summitt.
Wednesday marks one-year since legendary basketball coach passed away after a five-year battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s.
Summitt served as the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball coach from 1974 until she retired in 2012 as a result of being diagnosed with Alzheimers in 2011. Summitt passed away on June 28, 2016 at the age of 64.
A year after her death, the former Tennessee women’s basketball coach still leads all NCAA Division I coaches with 1,098 career wins. Behind Summitt is Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski.
🍊 pic.twitter.com/3tWWGf40ds— UT Knoxville (@UTKnoxville) June 28, 2017We miss you, Coach. #ThanksPat
Summitt’s accolades include the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012, the Naismith Coach of the 20th Century in 2000, a gold medal from coaching the U.S. women’s national team in the 1984 Olympics and a silver medal when she played on the U.S. women’s national team in the 1976 Olympics.
In her 38 years at Tennessee, Summitt led the Lady Vols to eight NCAA Division I titles, 16 SEC Tournament Titles and 16 SEC regular season titles.
Former Tennessee players Candace Parker, Tamika Catchings and the Atlanta Dream guard Meighan Simmons reflected on how Summitt influenced their basketball careers as a coach and mentor on the one-year anniversary of her passing.
On the 1 year anniversary of Pat Summitt's passing, @Candace_Parker and @Catchin24 remember their friend and mentor. pic.twitter.com/A3VJMNv7HX
— WNBA (@WNBA) June 28, 2017
Former @LadyVol_Hoops player @Meighan_Simmons reflects on the legacy and impact of Pat Summitt #RWTD10 pic.twitter.com/9ANm7YP4S2
— Atlanta Dream (@AtlantaDream) June 28, 2017
Friends and sports fans from all team affiliations wrote messages about how they missed Summitt and the impact she left on Wednesday.
One year ago we lost a legend. It was a privilege to grow up in the trail Pat Summitt blazed. She's very missed. #ThanksPat pic.twitter.com/xgs4yPRF5K
— Becca Franklin (@Becca__Franklin) June 28, 2017
You can't always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive. ~ Pat Summitt
— Marc Anderson (@mentalsports) June 28, 2017
Something all @LadyVol_Hoops & @UConnWBB can all agree on @patsummitt "she was the blueprint." #ThanksPat @WeBackPat https://t.co/3iLO5RwJda
— Michelle Marciniak (@mmarciniak3) June 28, 2017
— Charlies1600🇺🇸 (@Charlies1600) June 28, 2017
🍊 pic.twitter.com/AGgI7ZuAUt— kali brown (@kalibrown99) June 28, 20177 years ago at the Pat Summitt camp, she told me "Go out there and chase your dreams" A year ago today, God gained this angel. #ThanksPat
Pat Summitt is the reason why women's college BB is so popular today. It still doesn't seem right that she's gone. #ThanksPat
— Tyvonya Wright (@TWright512) June 28, 2017
🏀💙— Sydney Harris (@sydney_harris13) June 28, 2017So thankful for what Pat Summitt did for women's basketball
One year later, I still miss my colleague and friend @patsummitt @WeBackPat. #stillbackPat #simplythebest pic.twitter.com/q3jlsx0e7R
— Kris Phillips (@KPatAP) June 28, 2017
"It is what it is, but it will be what you make of it." - Pat Summitt - Forever grateful for all you did for all of us! #ThanksPat
— Charli Turner Thorne (@ASUCoachCharli) June 28, 2017
Fans and loved ones turning out to the Pat Summitt statue to send their love one year after Summitt's death. @6News pic.twitter.com/44o1HCLKOw
— Bridgette Bjorlo (@bridgettebjorlo) June 28, 2017
If Alzheimer's didn't make Pat Summitt retire at 59 then she would hold every record against all these male coaches and that makes me sick
— Emilay (@emilyholt_24) June 28, 2017
#ThanksPat / We live out your #LifeLessons everyday. Missing you @patsummitt / please support @WeBackPat pic.twitter.com/c4ZusyuXOY
— Michelle Marciniak (@mmarciniak3) June 28, 2017
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