Vita C. Redding (2016) - Hall of Fame - Brown University Athletics

Vita C. Redding

Induction:
2016
Class:
1999

The all-time leading scorer in the history of Brown women’s basketball, Vita Redding ’99 graduated as one of the best and most exciting basketball student-athletes to ever play the game on College Hill.

Playing for coach Jean Burr, Redding finished her career with 1,962 points, ranking first all-time at Brown and fourth in the Ivy League. She earned All-Ivy honors all four years, taking home first team accolades in 1997 and 1999, second team in 1998, and honorable mention in 1996 in addition to gaining a spot on the 1996 Ivy League All-Rookie Team.

Redding claimed nine Brown records upon her graduation. In the career record books, she ranks first at Brown and third in the Ivy League in field goals (828), second at Brown and sixth in the Ivy League in points per game (19.2), fourth at Brown in steals (258), and seventh at Brown in both assists (280) and 3-pointers made (89).

The first Brown player to score at least 400 points in four consecutive seasons, Redding led the Bears in scoring in all four of her seasons while pacing the Ivy League in steals in her junior and senior campaigns. As a sophomore, she scored 23.8 points per game, the highest mark in Brown history, and ranked fifth in the nation that season. In that same year, she totaled 618 points and connected on 260 field goals, ranking first in the Brown record book in both categories. Her 83 steals in 1998-99 stand third in a single season at Brown.

A team tri-captain as a senior, Redding garnered Team MVP honors in 1996, 1997, and 1999. She stands as one of just five Bears to start over 100 career games and needed just 51 games to score 1,000 career points. She scored in double figures in 95 of her 102 games played and earned a spot on nine all-tournament teams, including MVP honors in the 1998 Brown Classic.

Redding also made an impact off the court as a charismatic role model for students at Fox Point Elementary School. She forged a special bond with a young girl in a wheelchair, helping her open up to social situations and showing her classmates that they could include her in the classroom’s activities.

After graduating from Brown with a double major in psychology and organizational behavior and management, Redding went on to earn master’s degrees in organizational development from Case Western Reserve and in theology from Ashland Theological Seminary. She is a licensed minister and a talent acquisition lead for an executive recruiting firm.