At the 1994 national tournament, the Lady Cardinals became the first and only team in NJCAA history to top the 100-point mark in all four games.  It wall began with Mitchell at point guard.
  In her one season at TVCC, Mitchell helped the Lady Cardinals to their first of an unprecedented five national championships and was named all-conference and was selected to the all-NJCAA Tournament team. She still holds the record for assists in a single season with 337.
  Mitchell also played two years at Kansas State University, playing in 50 games and starting 15.
  She began her coaching career at the University of Missouri-Kansas City as a graduate assistant. Mitchell served two years as an assistant coach at Western Illinois University, helping the program to an 11-win improvement from the first season to the second, and one at Oklahoma State University.
  Mitchell is about to begin her 10^th season as assistant coach – third as associate head coach – at Rutgers University for legendary coach C. Vivian Stringer. Rutgers has qualified for eight straight NCAA Tournaments.