Tennyson (Ballek) Gilpatrick (2009) - Hall of Fame - Montana State University Athletics

Tennyson (Ballek) Gilpatrick

Induction:
2009
Class:
1999

Tennyson (Ballek) Gilpatrick, one of four Bobcat women with more than 1,200 points and 700 rebounds, earned 1999 Big Sky MVP honors. The Sheridan, Wyo., native was First Team All-Big Sky twice, and Big Sky All-Academic four times. She was a two-time CoSIDA District VII First-Team Academic All-America, won MSU’s Women of Achievement award, and was MSU’s Big Sky Scholar Athlete of the Year in 1999. She also earned coveted NCAA Postgraduate and WBCA Scholarships. The 6-2 forward was the 1996 Big Sky Conference Sixth Player of the Year, earning MSU’s Most Improved Player and MVP honors twice each. Playing her final games at MSU on a broken foot, she averaged 16.3 points and 8.2 rebounds as a senior while shooting 59 percent from the field, which ranked among the nation’s best. Ballek left Montana State ranked in eight career categories.