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Mary Weiss Photo Gallery
Mary Weiss Hall of Fame Introduction Video

Mary Weiss '85 has devoted nearly her entire professional career to her alma mater.  A standout guard for the Camels from 1983-85, she started 48 of 50 games and led the team to a 31-20 record in two seasons, including a berth in the 1985 NAIA District 26 title contest.  Forty years after graduating in 1985, Weiss still holds the school record for career assists average (6.8) with 342 in 50 games.  She was named to the all-tournament team at the 1985 NAIA District tournament.  Her 14 assists against High Point on Jan. 4, 1985, still stands as the second-most in Campbell women’s basketball history. 
 
Weiss joined Wanda Watkins’ coaching staff in 1986-87 – the team’s first NCAA Division I season – and spent 30 years – including 12 as associate head coach – helping to guide the program.  During her tenure, Campbell won 465 games, including 290 Big South and Atlantic Sun conference contests.  In addition, the Camels won the 1989 Big South and 2000 ASun tournament titles and made the program’s first-ever NCAA tournament appearance in 2000.  Weiss coached 51 all-conference honorees, including six league players of the year.  In addition to her basketball responsibilities, she served as head softball coach in 1989.  After retiring from coaching in 2016, Weiss joined the faculty at her alma mater and is an instructor of exercise science in the College of Arts and Sciences.  She was inducted into the Chowan College Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.  She is a two-time Campbell graduate, earning her B.S. in physical education in 1985 and Master of Education degree in 1987.