Hall of Fame
Stony Brook's second all-time leading scorer and a three-time all-conference selection, Mykeema Ford becomes the 12th women's basketball player to be enshrined in the Rita & Kurt Eppenstein Athletics Hall of Fame.
Ford twice led the America East in scoring and assists. She closed her career as the program's Division I leader in career points (1,831), assists (417), three-point field goals made (181) and free throws made (408). She ended her illustrious career as the No. 11 all-time leading scorer in America East history and sits at No. 17 in conference history currently.
A four-year letterwinner at Trenton Catholic in New Jersey, Ford came to Stony Brook and made an immediate impact in the 2003-04 season. She led the team, and all first-year players, while ranking eighth overall in scoring in the conference, earning all-rookie distinction. She set a then-program record with seven three pointers made in a victory over Boston University.
In year two, Ford led the conference in both scoring and assists, earning recognition on the America East Second Team. She again finished atop the conference in assists in 2005-06, engineering the second-best turnaround in the NCAA. The Seawolves went from a 20-loss season in 2004-05 to a Division I program record 20-win campaign in 2005-06, the school's first since the 1988-89 season and earned its first-ever WNIT bid. Ford earned recognition on the America East First Team and All-Met Second Team.
Ford's Stony Brook career culminated with America East Player of the Year honors in 2007. A four-time conference player of the week during the regular season, Ford led the America East in scoring with 19.3 points per game, becoming the first player in program history to earn conference player of the year distinction. Ford finished her career scoring in double figures in 39 consecutive games, which was third among active players in the nation, earning All-Met First Team honors.
Following the completion of her collegiate career, Ford signed a contract with the WNBA's Washington Mystics. She went on to create her own basketball camp, Ford's Focus at the West Ward Community Center, before embarking on a coaching career alongside her former coach and mentor from 2011-16. In 2019, Ford was enshrined in the Trenton Central High School Hall of Fame and in 2022 was inducted into the Mercer County Basketball Hall of Fame.
