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At the time of her induction, Janice Dziuk was arguably the greatest women's basketball player in TCU history. She led TCU women's basketball in career scoring and rebounding and has an award named after her (TCU Janice Dziuk Basketball Award) within the TCU Horned Frogs' program. The award is given annually to the player who exemplifies work ethic, determination, shows positive attitude and stresses the team concept. Dziuk was named to the Southwest Conference All-Decade Team for the 1980's, also garnering All-SWC First Team honors her senior year. She was a SWC Scholar-Athlete, the TCU Female Athlete of the Year and the TCU Pop Boone Outstanding Athlete of the Year in addition to serving as team captain her senior year. She began coaching at TCU following her playing career as a graduate assistant, while earning her master's degree in physical education. Her first head coaching job came at Seguin High School in 1993 where her junior varsity squad won the district championship. In 1995, she was an assistant coach for then-named Southwest Texas University, also serving as interim head coach. During her time at Texas State, the Lady Bobcats finished second in the Southland Conference and won Southland Conference Tournament in 1996 and 1997, respectively. In 1997, they also played in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Dziuk spent a year at Texas A&M as an assistant before joining the UNT women's basketball staff in 1998. While at UNT, Dziuk handled recruiting for teams that have twice won the Big West Conference East Division, as well as the Sun Belt Conference Western Division this past season.