Hall of Fame
Miki Glenn’s logic made sense: How can you be part of a member of something that doesn’t exist?
But then she was assured that, yes, Bridgeport High is starting an athletics Hall of Fame, and, yes, she would be a member of the first class.
“I was shocked,” Glenn said. “To be honored by my high school, having been so proud of where I came from and how much I talk about it and how much it’s been a part of my life, it’s just a really cool thing.”
It would be hard to imagine a list, even one this selective, that wouldn’t include Glenn, the girls basketball program’s all-time leading scorer with 1,775 points, a Class AA state champion and the Mary Ostrowski Award winner as the state’s top high school player in 2013.
She currently serves as the associate head women’s basketball coach at Fairmont State University.
“Honestly, what I remember most is my coach, Coach (Dave) Marshall. He is still a very big part of my life and a lot of the lessons that I learned with him have stuck with me even to this day,” Glenn said. “Especially now that I get to be a coach and impart some of the wisdom he taught me on to my girls. That’s the part I remember most.”
Bridgeport won the AA crown over Westside, 44-27, behind 22 points, 10 rebounds, four steals and four assists from Glenn, who scored 95 points over three games, just three off the then-tournament record.
“I loved being a part of a team that was so hard-working and having teammates that showed up on hot days of summer and worked hard with each other. To go through what we went through and then culminate my career with a state championship was the best,” Glenn said.
As one of Bridgeport’s greatest winners, Glenn is well-suited to look at what makes the athletic program so successful.
“I think it’s the history. When you walk into that building and see all the state championships and all the trophies that have been won, you’re like, ‘Oh, I’m a part of this.’ We are all winners as soon as we step into that building,” Glenn said. “I got to watch them practice from a very young age and see the type of quality athletes that have come out of Bridgeoprt.
“You kind of are like, ‘Oh, this is what I need to do here. This is what we do here.’ You have a confidence about yourself. Even now when I say that I’m from Bridgeport, people are like, ‘Oh, you’re a winner.’ People automatically know that.”
Glenn went on to be a three-time All-American and Division II national champion at California University of Pennsylvania.
“My time at Bridgeport prepared me to step in and play my freshman year. Again, Coach Marshall was a phenomenal coach. He really prepared me for how hard I needed to work in college and be prepared for in-game situations and late-game situations.
“He taught me how to be a winner. Being able to coach now, not a lot of coaches teach kids how to be winners. Coach Marshall taught us that by preparing us every single day like it was a game day. If we weren’t on our P’s and Q’s, we would have to run and nobody wanted that.”
