Rita Gail Easterling
- 3x AIAW Championship title winner at Mississippi College (1974. 1976, 1977), including a runner-up finish in 1977
- First-team Kodak All-American (1977)
- All-time career assists record at Mississippi College with 520
- Still holds season records for field goals attempted and assists
- Member of the Women’s Professional Basketball League’s (WBL’s) Chicago Hustle (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
- Played in the WBL’s inaugural game (1978)
- MVP of the WPBL All-Star Game (1979)
- WPBL All-Pro (1979, 1980)
- Top five in all-time WBL assists
- Member of the Pan American Games championship team (1975), the US National Women’s Basketball Team (!976), and Silver Medalist in the World University Games (1977)
- Named one of ESPN’s Top 25 Women’s College Basketball Players of Pre-NCAA era
- Inductee of the Mississippi College Athletic Hall of Fame (2006)
- Inductee of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (2011)
- Selected by the Jackson, MS Clarion-Ledger as one of the top 5 female basketball players from Mississippi