Vickie Orr

Education

Auburn University.

Career

Orr was affiliated with the Auburn University. In May 2013, she was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Orr was named to the first Women"s Junior National Team (now called the U19 team).

The team participated in the inaugural Junior World Championship, held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in August 1985.

However, Orr was unable to play as she had to have her appendix removed in Yugoslavia. In the opening game against Poland, Gordon was the leading scorer for the United States of America with 18 points.

After winning their next game against Finland, the United States of America faced the host team Yugoslavia. The game went to overtime, but Yugoslavia prevailed, 93–89.

The United States of America faced China in the next game.

Then they faced Cuba, a team that had beaten the United States of America in exhibition matches only a few weeks earlier. Orr averaged 7.9 points per game and had nine blocks over the course of the event, second highest on the team

Achievements

• The team won four games and lost two, ending up in fifth place.Orr averaged 3.8 points per game. The United States of America team won four of the five contests. They won 84–83, but they needed to win by at least five points to remain in medal contention. The won the final game against Canada to secure fifth place. The team won their opening round games fairly easily, with the closest of the first three games a 27-point victory over Czechoslovakia. The United States of America team was losing at halftime, but came back to win 87–78. The United States of America team found itself behind at halftime to Canada in their next game, but came back to win easily 95–70. After an easy match against Bulgaria, the United States of America team faced Czechoslovakia again, end achieved an almost identical result, winning 87–59. In the title match, the United States of America team won the gold medal with a score of 88–78.

Membership

She was a member of the United States women"s national basketball team during the late 1980s and the early 1990s, collecting two medals during her international career. Orr was selected to be a member of the team representing the United States of America at the 1987 World University Games held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Orr was a member of the United States of America National team at the 1990 World Championships, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.