In the illustrious history of the Flying Queens basketball program, only two athletes have ever been named All-America four consecutive years. Dimmitt native Lometa Odom was the first of these, being recognized each year from 1953-56 for her key role in Wayland’s phenomenal success in the Fifties.
            During Odom’s four years, the Flying Queens had a cumulative record of 115-5, including three Amateur Athletic Union national championships and one second-place finish. Playing under head coaches Sam Allen, Caddo Matthews and Harley Redin, Odom helped the Queens to a pair of 30-win seasons as a freshman and sophomore, followed by two perfect campaigns of 23-0 as a junior and senior, beginning WBU’s remarkable 131-game win streak. Odom scored 1,614 career points, which ranker her seventh on the Flying Queens’ all-time scoring list at the time of her induction in 1992.
             In addition, teams she played on still held school records for most wins in a season (37 in 1952-53), most consecutive wins (131 from 1953-58), best defensive average (29.4 points per game in 1954-55), and fewest losses (0 in 1953-54 and 1954-55).
            Following her basketball career, Odom became the first woman inducted into the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame. She is also a member of the Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame.