Hall of Fame
Mary Kay Lynch Poppe (Women’s Basketball ‘85) is Gannon’s all-time women’s basketball rebounding leader and ranks fourth all-time in scoring. A 6’0” forward, Lynch scored 1,743 career points and grabbed 1,194 career rebounds. She shattered every rebounding mark and pulled down 122 more rebounds than any other Lady Knight to wear the Maroon and Gold. Her career rebounding average of 12.1 ranks first. She holds two of the top four single-season rebounding marks, including a school-record 354 in 1983-84. In addition, the Oil City, Pa., native holds four of the top eight season totals.
Lynch paced Gannon in scoring as a junior and senior, with 581 points as a senior ranking seventh on the single-season charts. She ranks third in career free throws made (329), free throws attempted (528), field goals attempted (1,434) and blocked shots (137). She is fourth in career scoring average (17.6 ppg.) and field goals made (707).
