1997–2001
Jersey Retired on November 24, 2006
Brooke Wyckoff was a star forward for head coach Sue Semrau’s first hoops teams from 1997-2001. Wyckoff spent nine years in the WNBA, playing for the Orlando Miracle, Connecticut Sun and the Chicago Sky. Wyckoff was one of the top high school players in the country but chose to leave West Chester, Ohio, to play for Semrau and Florida State. She made an immediate impact setting an FSU record with 80 blocked shots as a freshman in 1997. She went on to earn All-ACC honors as a sophomore and junior and capped her senior season (2001) with first team All-ACC honors as well as All-America honors. She was also FSU’s only four-time Academic All-ACC performer and received an ACC postgraduate scholarship. Wyckoff scored 1,350 points over her storied FSU career and finished as the second-best shot blocker the Seminoles have ever produced with 209. She grabbed 804 career rebounds to also rank among FSU’s all-time Top 10.
1988–1991
Jersey Retired on January 28, 2007
One of Marynell Meadors’ first recruits, Wanda Burns was a highly-touted 5-foot-8 guard out of Macon, Georgia. Burns averaged 11 points a game and led the team with 92 assists as a sophomore, helping FSU to its first winning season since 1983. She electrified the team in 1989-90 and sparked FSU to a 21-9 record and to the NCAA Tournament. Burns set an FSU record for free throw percentage and led the team in scoring, three pointers and steals. In 1990-91, her final season, Burns was named Metro Conference Player of the Week, set a single game record with 10 steals in a game and led the team in three-point shooting. FSU enjoyed one of its most successful seasons with a record of 25-7. Burns led the Metro Conference in scoring at 18.5 points per game and scored double figures in 38 consecutive games. She was named Metro Conference Tournament MVP and Player of the Year and also earned Hanes Her Way NCAA Woman of the Year and Second Team All-American honors. Burns still ranks among FSU’s top 10 in two career and seven single-season statistical categories.
1988–1991
Jersey Retired on January 28, 2007
A forward from Thomson, Ga., Tia Paschal was an immediate contributor for Florida State and was a three-year starter after averaging 20 minutes of play as a rookie. She ended her career averaging 19.4 points and 7.4 rebounds as a senior while earning first team All-ACC honors and second team All-America honors by the American Women’s Sports Federation. During her career, she helped lead the Seminoles to two consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in 1989-90 and 1990-91 as well as a Metro Conference championship in the 1990-91 season. Paschal is among FSU’s top 10 in five season and six career records and ranks third all-time in scoring with 1,662 points. Honors came in abundance for Paschal throughout her career. After redshirting the 1988-89 season with a knee injury, Paschal took the conference by storm as a freshman, earning Metro Conference All-Rookie Team honors. She earned Metro All-Tournament Team honors two seasons and was twice named the conference Player of the Week.
1980–1984
Number Retired in 1989
Sue Galkantas is the most prolific scorer in Seminole basketball history, totaling 2,323 points from 1981-84. That total is the most points ever scored by a player, male or female, in Florida State history. By the time Galkantas graduated in 1984, her name was listed in nearly every statistical category in the FSU records book. Averaging 19.4 points per game in her career — a mark that still ranks number one on the career lists — was just a glimpse of the impact that she had as a Seminole. In her rookie year, she broke the FSU freshman scoring record and was named a freshman All-American in numerous publications. By her sophomore year, Galkantas had already scored her 1,000th point and established herself as one of the top 20 scorers in the nation. In her junior season, she led FSU to a 24-6 record and to its first trip to the NCAA Tournament. Overall, she scored in double figures in 115 of 120 games and still holds six career and single-season records. After earning All-Metro Conference honors in 1981, 1983, and 1984, in 1989, Galkantas became the first female FSU athlete to have her number retired.
In 1997, FSU began retiring jerseys rather than the number of its all-time great student-athletes. By retiring actual players’ jerseys, numbers would still be available for future student-athletes. FSU women’s basketball has only one officially retired number: No. 43.