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Kenya Larkin Landers
Kenya Larkin Landers
Sport(s): Women's Basketball
Years at HCJC/TVCC: 1998-2000, 2004-05, 2010-12

Winning and Landers go hand in hand.

Over three tenures at the college, all in different roles, she compiled a 158-12 record.

Recruited out of one of the most dominant high school programs in the state at Duncanville by Cardinal Hall of Fame coach Kurt Budke in 1998, her career at the college got off to a perfect start. The Lady Cards went 36-0 and won their fourth national title in six years.

As a sophomore, she received all-region and all-conference honors and was rated the fourth-best JUCO guard in the nation. The Lady Cards were 60-6 in her two seasons.

Landers would continue her playing career at the University of Texas, where she played in all 65 games over two seasons, starting 62. She led the Longhorns in assists both seasons and finished her career with 443 points, 195 assists and 97 steals.

She played one season in the European Pro League in Israel before returning to the Lady Cards for the 2004-05 season as Michael Landers’ assistant. The Lady Cards went 28-3 and won a conference championship.

After assistant coach tenures on Budke’s staff at Oklahoma State and Van Chancellor’s at LSU, she returned to the college as co-head coach with now husband, Michael. In two seasons, Team Landers compiled a 70-3 record and played in two national title games.

In five seasons over the three tenures at the college, she owns five conference, three regional and two national championships.