Vickie Orr

Victoria Elaine "Vickie" Orr (born February 25, 1967) is an American retired women's basketball player. 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. Born in Hartselle, Alabama, Orr played college basketball for Auburn University. In May 2013, she was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

Vickie Orr
Personal information
Full nameVictoria Elaine Orr
BornFebruary 25, 1967 (1967-02-25) (age 56)
Hartselle, Alabama
Medal record
Women’s basketball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Team competition
FIBA World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1990 Malaysia Team competition

Auburn statistics

Source[1]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1985-86 Auburn 30 395 55.5% -- 66.3% 7.8 0.5 1.3 1.1 13.2
1986-87 Auburn 33 550 60.4% -- 65.6% 7.6 0.4 1.2 1.7 16.7
1987-88 Auburn 35 565 53.8% 0.0% 76.7% 6.8 0.8 1.2 1.3 16.1
1988-89 Auburn 33 525 56.7% 0.0% 74.8% 8.6 0.4 1.3 1.7 15.9
TOTAL Auburn 131 2035 56.5% 0.0% 70.9% 7.7 0.5 1.3 1.5 15.5

USA Basketball

Orr was named to the first USA Basketball 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. The team won four games and lost two, ending up in fifth place. Orr averaged 3.8 points per game.[2]

Orr was selected to be a member of the team representing the US at the 1987 World University Games held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. However, Orr was unable to play as she had to have her appendix removed in Yugoslavia. The USA team won four of the five contests. In the opening game against Poland, Gordon was the leading scorer for the US with 18 points. After winning their next game against Finland, the USA faced the host team Yugoslavia. The game went to overtime, but Yugoslavia prevailed, 93–89. The USA faced China in the next game. They won 84–83, but they needed to win by at least five points to remain in medal contention. They won the final game against Canada to secure fifth place.[3]

Orr was a member of the USA National team at the 1990 World Championships, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The team won their opening round games fairly easily, with the closest of the first three games a 27-point victory over Czechoslovakia. Then they faced Cuba, a team that had beaten the US in exhibition matches only a few weeks earlier. The USA team was losing at halftime, but came back to win 87–78. The USA 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 USA team faced Czechoslovakia again, end achieved an almost identical result, winning 87–59. In the title match, the USA team won the gold medal with a score of 88–78. Orr averaged 7.9 points per game and had nine blocks over the course of the event, second highest on the team.[4]

Personal life

Orr is the mother of Auburn men's basketball player Austin Wiley.[5]

References
  1. "Auburn Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  2. "First FIBA Women's U19/Junior World Championship -- 1985". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  3. "Fourteenth World University Games -- 1993". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  4. "Eleventh World Championship -- 1990". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on October 20, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  5. Shearer, Jeff (December 16, 2016). "'Can't wait to get there' - Austin Wiley's AUBURN basketball family legacy". Auburn Tigers. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
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