| Mizzou Athletics Hall of Fame - Class of 2020 |
| Rutter, from Shelbina, Missouri, was a four-year letterwinner in womens basketball and a three-time co-captain (1975-78). Rutterearned Big Eight Conference all-tournament team honors in back-to-back seasons in 1977 and 1978 and helped lead Mizzou to a Big Eight Conference Tournament title in 1978. Mizzouwas nationally ranked in Rutter'sjunior and senior campaigns when she helped lead the Tigers to back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths when the NCAA field consisted of just 16 teams. After a highly successful senior campaign in 1977-78, Rutter was selected as a Wade Trophy finalist, the inaugural season for the award. She scored 40 points in a 1977 game at Graceland, still the most by any Tiger in an away game. Following her time at Mizzou, Rutterplayed in the Womens Basketball League, the first womens professional league,for the Iowa Comets and the Dallas Diamond from 1978-80. She was a 1991 inductee of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, and a 2018 inductee into the Womens Basketball League Hall of Fame as a recipient of the Trailblazer Award for her time in the WBL. In 2019, she was honored in the Southeastern Conferences Class of Womens Legends. |
Junior1976-77
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Sophomore1975-76
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Freshman1974-75
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