Athlete (1985-90) Kim Perrot

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The numbers are staggering, yet they don't begin to gauge the impact Kim Perrot had on those around her. Many of the records Perrot earned at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 1986-90 remain a quantum leap ahead of those chasing them. She led the nation in scoring in 1990 at 30 points per game, including one outburst of 58 points, and remains the school's career leader with 2,157 points. Perrot also left with 654 assists and 421 steals, leading her team in both areas in each of four years. She hustled for 553 rebounds and even paced the Cajuns one season despite her diminutive size. Perrot's No. 12 jersey is retired at the school, a fitting tribute to someone who remains the measuring stick for the program. As impressive as her numbers are, though, Perrot is most remembered for her low-key personality, her determination to play professionally and her courage in the face of cancer that took her life at age 32 in 1999. The rest of the story By Bruce Brown Louisiana Gannett News

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Bruce:
Good job, Great Article on a GREAT PERSON. Everywhere I went as the UL coach, people wanted to know about Kim (I never knew her). The stories I heard about her were 100% POSITIVE and she deserves to have that jersey hanging in the cajundome (with all the great ones).

It is my understanding that she played in the cajundome (people can weigh in on that). If that is where she played then that is where the #12 should hang. I was sitting with the former coach from Southeastern Louisiana one night and he said "you know that Kim holds the record for the most points scored in a game at the cajundome don't you". I told him I did not know that and he said "Kim actually scored more in that game than what the media guide says". According to the visiting coach of that game, he says she scored more than what the record books actually say. I thought I would share that story with you. Turbine might can research it some way.
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hOW ARE THEY TREATING YOU UP THERE?

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Hey coach nice to hear from you, hope you are doing fine.

Kim played at Blackham in 85-86 and the CajunDome from 86-87 through 89-90

It was the 89-90 season where it is said she scored 58 vs South Eastern, UL lost both games to SE that year.

I wonder if Kim sat out the game vs LA-Tech which was just 2 games before her scoring outburst. In that game UL only scored 35 points.

The media source may be the yearbook, it says Kim scored 58 points.

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Mattie Williams lives in Detroit now. But her memories of Kim Perrot remain fresh - both from her days as Perrot's girls basketball coach at Acadiana High School and from the times she was able to see Perrot play in the WNBA. "I think that it's wonderful that Kim Perrot is being featured," Williams said when told that Perrot will be inducted posthumously into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame this month. "Perhaps the word that pops foremost in my mind concerning Kim is tenacious. That attribute, coupled with her skills and a love of the game, made her a most formidable opponent. Kim played each game as though a championship were on the line. She practiced with the same enthusiasm that she played. "As a freshman, Kim was an outstanding player, and I remember arguing at our end-of-the-year meeting with the other coaches of the district that she should be MVP. It was their contention that though she certainly was a remarkable athlete, she was only a freshman and had time to 'grow' into MVP status. The rest of the story Bruce Brown

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The numbers are staggering, yet they don't begin to gauge the effect Kim Perrot had on those around her. Many of the records Perrot earned at UL from 1986-90 remain a quantum leap ahead of those chasing them. She led the nation in scoring in 1990 at 30 points per game, including one outburst of 58 points, and remains the school's career leader with 2,157 points. The 5-5, 130-pounder also left with 654 assists and 421 steals, leading her team in both areas in each of four years. She hustled for 553 rebounds and even paced the Cajuns one season despite her diminutive size. Perrot's No. 12 jersey is retired at the school, a fitting tribute to someone who remains the measuring stick for the program. The rest of the Story Bruce Brown bbrown@theadvertiser.com

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I'm glad this recognition for Ms Perrott comes while the Ladies are on a winning streak.

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Kim Perrot was a fighter who didn't take being overlooked well. She fought to play with the boys on the basketball court when she was young. She fought to make teams because of her size -- 5 feet 5. She fought the fight of her life when she was diagnosed with lung cancer, succumbing at age 32. For her talent and her fight, she will be inducted posthumously into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday. "Everything she set out to do, she did," said Loretta Perrot, Kim's sister. "She just had to achieve it if she set out to do it." Loretta and others got their first glimpse of the player -- and perhaps the person -- Kim would become in middle school. Tiny as a teardrop, she played basketball -- on the boys team. "Our brothers had her out there dribbling the basketball when she was 6 or 7," Loretta said. "She would literally get up at 6 or 6:30 a.m. so she could go play before school." There was no girls basketball team at Paul Breaux Middle School in Lafayette, so Perrot went out for the boys team. It was the first of a long list of teams she would make. Perrot was an outstanding AAU player during the summer and a high-scoring point guard for Acadiana during the school year. She attracted attention from big schools, but they went looking for the wrong person. Kim's full name was Kim Menard Perrot. For some reason, word got out that her name was Kim Menard. Coaches watching her play, including the soon-to-be-named Southwestern Louisiana coach Ross Cook, wrote down the name Kim Menard. The rest of the story By Billy Turner The Times Picayune bturner@timespicayune.com (985) 645-2847.

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NATCHITOCHES - It took the better part of two decades, and in a way it took a tragic end to a too-short life, but Kim Perrot's finally getting her due. The former Ragin' Cajun women's basketball standout and leading scorer in program history is among eight inductees here into the Louis-iana Sports Hall of Fame. The honor, which comes officially at tonight's 6 p.m. induction banquet at the Natchitoches Events Center, comes almost eight years after brain cancer took its inevitable toll in August of 1999. Voting for the Hall of Fame is handled by a 30-member committee of the Louis-iana Sports Writers Associa-tion, and her induction might have come earlier if the committee had listened to the women's coaches assembled here Friday. "Only those that knew her realize how much she deserves this," said former UL coach Ross Cook, who came in from his Idaho home for her induction. "I've never seen a more courageous battler, flying in the face of odds." The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com