Saint Joseph's University

A high-scoring forward, Mary Sue Garrity Simon' '78 provided the scoring punch for the nationally-ranked Hawk teams of the mid-1970s. Garrity was inducted into the Saint Joseph’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 1984, the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Saint Joseph’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000.

A 1978 SJU grad, she became the first Hawk to surpass 1,000 career points and was the first player in school history to lead the team in scoring four straight seasons. A playmaker as well, she also paced the team in assists for three seasons. A captain of the 1977-78 Hawks, she helped SJU to a third-place finish in the Eastern Region of the AIAW Tournament in both 1976 and 1978. In 1977, SJU was runner up in the Eastern Region and took sixth place at the national tournament.

Off the court, she was also a star on the Finnesey Field turf as a member of the inaugural women’s field hockey team at SJU. Additionally, Garrity is the daughter of former SJU men’s basketball standout Ed Garrity.