Mt. Juliet, Lipscomb basketball great Kim Satterfield Van Atta dies at 60
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Kim Satterfield Van Atta, who helped lead the Mt. Juliet girls basketball team to the state championship and is in the Lipscomb Athletic Hall of Fame, died on May 2 following an extended illness. She was 60.
Satterfield Van Atta was a key player on Mt. Juliet's 1983 Class AAA state title team. She made the All-Nashville Interscholastic League first team along with teammates Kim Bingham and Lori Gross. She also made the all-state tournament team.
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That Mt. Juliet team finished the season ranked 13th nationally by USA Today's final Super 25 Girls Basketball Poll.
She played at Lipscomb from 1983 to 1987. In 1986 and '87, she became the first female Lipscomb athlete to earn NAIA All-American honors.
In 1997, Satterfield Van Atta became the first female inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame.
She was a four-time all-conference selection and finished her career as the Bisons' all-time leading scorer with 2,163 points. She also set the school record for most points in a game with 37.
Satterfield Van Atta went on to serve as a coach on the NAIA and NCAA Division I levels, including at Tennessee-Martin (1996-2004).
A celebration of life service is scheduled for 3 p.m. CT on May 16 at Lipscomb's McQuiddy Gymnasium. Satterfield Van Atta became a Duke basketball fan, and guests are asked to wear Duke apparel or royal blue to the service.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be sent to the Emily K. Center in Durham, North Carolina.
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