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21 together and won the state championship my senior year. She knew how to keep it fun and competitive, and get the best out of all the players." When it came time to pick a college, Brickey had offers from Saint Louis, Michigan, and San Jose State. But she and her Parkway North teammate, Mary Kobaldt, picked Iowa. "We decided to stay together and go to the next level together," Brickey said. "So it was an easy choice for us." Head coach Judith Davidson's program gave Brickey the tools to flourish. "From the beginning, when you walked into her program it was like nothing I had ever been exposed to before in terms of the level of competitiveness," Brickey said. "Just how hard she demanded us to work. She absolutely respected each and every person's individuality, but there was one team goal and we all strove to maintain that." e Hawkeyes reached the NCAA finals in 1984, losing the title game to Old Dominion. Five years later, Brickey was an assistant coach at North Carolina. e Tar Heels beat Old Dominion in the title game. "at was great revenge, great fun to beat them," Brickey said. She later was head coach at Virginia Commonwealth and Northwestern, but the goal of a business career took her in another direction. It turns out she landed where she started, back in a sport that caught her imagination in ninth grade. "I'm lucky and blessed to combine those two things," Brickey said. "It has been a wonderful journey so far." Brickey has plenty of memories of her time at Iowa, the big victories and tough losses. "ere was a lot demanded from us, but we were rewarded," said Brickey, who will join Kobaldt, Pankratz, and Davidson as members of the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame. "I think that's the biggest thing I got from Iowa. e people, that love and the way we're so proud to be part of that Iowa family."