MORROW, Ga. – The Clayton State Department of Athletics continues its feature series that highlights members of its Athletics Hall of Fame. This week's spotlight highlights Candi Wyatt, a member of the third class to be inducted into the Lakers Hall of Fame in 2016.

Something great doesn't just appear, it is created over time and Candi Wyatt was a tremendous part of making Clayton State women's basketball what it is today. A member of the inaugural team in 1991, she was the team's first 1,000-point scorer and helped lay the foundation for success over her four years as a Laker.
 
A native of Madison, Georgia, Wyatt was Clayton State's second-leading scorer in the 1991-92 season with a 10.5 average and was one of just four players to appear in all 24 games, starting 23. She also averaged 2.3 assists and nearly a steal a game. After a respectable eight win first season, the Lakers took a huge step forward, led by Wyatt.
 
They would finish with a 14-13 overall record and qualify for the NAIA District 25 Playoffs as Wyatt played in all 26 games, starting all but one, and averaging 9.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.3 steals. She would be even more impressive as a junior in 1993-94 when she averaged 11.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.0 steals. That season Wyatt would once again play in every game (29) and lead the team in scoring nine times with five of those surpassing 20 points. That included a career-high 23 points at Kennesaw State and career-best 11 boards vs. St. Leo.
 
It would all come together for Wyatt and the Lakers during the 1994-95 season. That year she would start all 31 games and lead the club in scoring at 15.3 per game to go along with 4.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.5 steals in what would be the program's most successful season.
 
That year she helped lead a fourth year Clayton State team to a program record 19 wins against only 13 losses, claiming the first ever league championship as they won the Georgia Athletic Conference. In the GAC title game, they knocked off Georgia Southwestern by an 81-70 score to make more history.
 
That victory earned the Lakers the athletic department's first ever appearance on the national stage with a trip to the NAIA National Tournament. Following the season, Wyatt would earn All-GAC Second-Team honors, becoming just the second student-athlete to do so. On top of that, the team's 19 wins would remain a program record until the 2004-05 season when that year's team made the first of 10 straight NCAA Tournament appearances with a 25-7 record.
 
Wyatt would finish that season with 475 points to surpass the 1,000-point barrier and finish her career with 1,315 points, both marks that still rank third all-time after more than 20 years. She ranks in the Top-10 in three more single season categories, all from that year, with 15.3 points per game (3^rd), 174 field goals (4^th) and 117 free throws (4^th).
 
At the time of her induction, her 106 games started ranked most all-time for a career, followed by 302 free throws (3^rd), 490 field goals (4^th), 323 assists (4^th), 206 offensive rebounds (6^th), 110 games played (T-7^th), 12.0 points per game (9^th) and 2.9 assists per game (10^th).