Rhodes Athletic Hall of Fame
In August 1997, a talented, versatile, softball player from Houston, Texas, arrived at Rhodes to participate in the Lynx inaugural softball season. The saying goes, “Everything is bigger is Texas,” but no one could have foreseen the magnitude Becky Harper would have upon the softball program at Rhodes. Becky is the most prolific player in Rhodes history, so it’s only fitting that she is the first Rhodes softball player to be inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame.
During her four-year career, Becky and her teammates helped develop and bring legitimacy to a fledgling Lynx softball program, and they quickly established Rhodes softball as a perennial conference title contender. Becky established a standard for excellence by which current Rhodes softball players measure themselves.
When the dust had cleared on Becky’s playing career she had amassed a litany of awards, including being named the 1999 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Player of the Year. To this day, she is the only Rhodes softball player to earn this award. Becky had a phenemenal season in 1999, when she produced a conference-leading 53 hits, 16 doubles, 8 home runs and 40 RBIs. In addition, she was named 1st Team All SCAC three times and selected to the SCAC All Tournament Team twice.
Becky ranks among Lynx leaders in the following categories: career doubles (42-2nd), career hits (151-5th), career runs (95-4th), career at bats (384-6th), career batting average (.393-2nd), career pitching appearances (58-4th), career opposing batting average (.323-5th), career strikeouts (188-4th) and career wins (25-3rd).
In 2005, Becky was selected as one of the most outstanding players in SCAC history when she was named to the SCAC 15th Anniversary All-Conference Team (1991-2005). For laying the foundation for future Rhodes softball players, and her exceptional play, Rhodes is honored to induct BECKY HARPER DICKEY into the Rhodes Athletic Hall of Fame this 21st day of October, 2011.
