REGRAM from a super cool account called @17.21women that you should all follow 👌🏽 - "Unfortunately for E.J., she played during a time when there was very little TV exposure. There was no such thing as ESPN. So she probably doesn't get the credit she deserves, but she was one of the greatest guards to ever play the game."⠀ —Gene Ponti, NBC-affiliate sports reporter on college basketball star Eun Jung "E.J." Ok⠀ 〰⠀ Eun Jung "E.J." Ok (née Lee), #KoreanAmerican college basketball legend/star point guard of Northeast Louisiana University's women's basketball team/Sports Illustrated dubbed her the "Korean Magic Johnson"/won Southland Conference Player of the Year every year at NLU between 1983–1986, a feat no other male or female basketball player has ever accomplished/MVP of Sweden and Italy's women's basketball teams from 1986–1987 (the WNBA wouldn't be established until a decade later)/women's basketball coach at University of Louisiana at Monroe (formerly NLU)⠀ •⠀ Photos (1–3) courtesy of Bill Smith▫️1985–1986 NLU "Dream Team"; photo courtesy of Kore Asian Media▫️Photo courtesy of Kore Asian Media▫️Photo by Terrance Armstard, 2014⠀ #eunjunglee #ejlee #ejok #asianathlete #koreanmagicjohnson #preWNBA #collegebasketballlegend #womeninsports #theunsungheroines
