Coach Sheila Sullivan Hickman led championship girls’ basketball programs at Holmes Community College and Louisville High for over three decades.  Born in Macon, Sheila was a three-time all-district, all-North State, all-Choctaw Conference, and all-state basketball star at Louisville High who led her team to the 1973 AA state title.  She also excelled at track claiming conference, district, and state titles in 200 relays. Sheila played in the 1973 High School All-Star Basketball game scoring 21 points for the North All-Stars.  Coach Hickman played at Ole Miss from 1973 to 1977 setting the school scoring record of 1,000 points in only 3 seasons and finishing with 1,475 points.    She helped the Lady Rebels compile a record of 54-22 with the school’s first two 20-win seasons and an appearance in the AIAW Regional Tournament.  A highly decorated student, Sheila was also a member of Angel Flight which helped promote the Air Force ROTC and the United States Air Force.  After achieving multiple degrees at Ole Miss and Mississippi State and being drafted by the Milwaukee Does of the Women’s Basketball League, Coach Hickman remained at Ole Miss as the school’s first women’s basketball graduate assistant.  She started her 30-year coaching career in 1978 at Holmes Community College where she would guide the Lady Bulldogs for 9 seasons including a national ranking of number 5 in the nation.  In addition to basketball, Sheila coached softball and cheerleading.  In 1987, she returned to her high school alma mater and would lead the girls’ basketball program for the next 21 seasons.  Coach Hickman guided the Lady Wildcats to an overall record of 492 wins and 378 losses and finished as state runner-up in consecutive years of 1993 and 1994.  She served as assistant athletic director for 14 years from 1987 to 2011 and she also coached tennis.  Sheila served as North head coach in the 1992 Mississippi High School All-Star basketball game and also coached in the Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Classic in 2000 as an assistant coach and in 2004 as head coach.  She was selected by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association to coach in a national summer camp for invitation only high school players projected to be college recruits and was president of the MHSAA District IV from 1998-99.  Off the court, Coach Hickman has been a strong community member serving on the Ole Miss Alumni Association and Athletic Committee Boards and a term as President of the Ole Miss M-Club.  She is a strong sponsor of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, served on the Louisville Municipal School District Board of Trustees, the Louisville Housing Authority, an officer in the Winston Garden Club, and has held various positions with Louisville First Methodist Church.  She has spoken at various clubs and organizations at Holmes and Louisville promoting athletics and broadcast games for WLSM radio in Louisville.  In addition to MAC Hall of Fame honors, Sheila was the first ever female inductee into the Ole Miss Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995 and she was inducted into the Holmes Community College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019.  In 2003, Sheila was named to the SEC Women’s Basketball Legends.