Honors & Awards
• University of Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame (Class of 2020)
• Big Eight Player of the Year (1988)
• Three-Time First-Team All-Big Eight (1986, 1987, 1988)
• Two-Time Big Eight All-Tournament Team (1987, 1988)
• Nebraska Jersey Retired (2011)
• Nebraska All-Century Team (2000)
• No. 3 on Nebraska Career Scoring List (2,131)
• No. 2 on Nebraska Single-Game Scoring List (46 vs. Illinois, Dec. 30, 1986)
• No. 7 on Nebraska Career Blocked Shot List (104)
• Tied for No. 7 at Nebraska in Career Double-Doubles (21)
• No. 8 on Nebraska Career Rebounding List (778)
• No. 8 on Nebraska Career Steals List (215)
One of the most athletic players in Nebraska history, Maurtice Ivy was the first player in Husker history to surpass the 2,000-point barrier.
Ivy, who became the second Husker to have her jersey retired (Jan. 16, 2011), joins fellow 2,000-point scorers Karen Jennings (No. 51, 1994) and Kelsey Griffin (No. 23, 2014) in being honored with giant banners featuring their names and numbers on display at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Ivy also became the second women's basketball player inducted into the Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame in 2020.
Ivy was one of five players chosen to Nebraska's All-Century Team in February of 2000, and one of the "25 Women of Distinction" selected in 1999-2000 as part of the school's silver anniversary of women's athletics.
The athletic wing player from Omaha Central High School was the first Husker to earn Big Eight Player-of-the-Year honors after leading Nebraska to the Big Eight title in 1988. Ivy also earned a spot on the Big Eight All-Tournament team in 1986-87 and 1987-88.
A three-time first-team All-Big Eight pick, Ivy's 19.2 points per game rank second on Nebraska's career charts, while her 778 career rebounds rank eighth on the Huskers' all-time list. She is also tied for seventh in Husker history with 21 career double-doubles, including 10 as a sophomore in 1985-86.
Although Ivy was only 5-9, her outstanding leaping ability and court awareness made her a fierce shot blocker, as she ranks seventh on NU's all-time list with 104 blocked shots. Ivy also ranks, second in career field goals made (847) and attempted (1,799), third in free throws made (431), tied for fourth in free throws attempted (570) and eighth in career steals (215).
Ivy's 23.6 points per game average in 1986-87 rank as the second-best single-season scoring average in school history, and her 683 points as a junior rank as the fourth-highest total at Nebraska. Her 153 made free throws and 196 free throws attempted in 1986-87 were single-season Nebraska records until Kelsey Griffin and Dominique Kelley both eclipsed those marks in 2009-10.
Ivy produced one of the greatest performances in Husker history when she erupted for 46 points in Nebraska's 100-87 loss to Illinois at Maples Pavilion in Stanford, Calif., on Dec. 30, 1986.
It was one of eight 30-point scoring efforts in Ivy's career, including a pair of 35-point performances against Oklahoma and Kansas in 1987.
She added the eighth-best rebound total in school history with 19 boards to go along with 23 points in a 104-63 win over Brigham Young at the Illinois Invitational in Champaign, Ill., on Dec. 14, 1985. She also had 29 points and 14 rebounds at Iowa State on Feb. 22, 1986.
Along with leading the Huskers to their first conference title, Ivy guided Nebraska to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1988.
Ivy led the Huskers in the 100-82 loss at USC with a team-high 22 points to go along with nine rebounds, four assists, one blocked shot and one steal in her final game in a Nebraska uniform. Ivy served as an assistant coach at Nebraska-Omaha from the summer of 2004 through the end of the 2006-07 season, before becoming the head coach at Peru State College in the summer of 2007. She coached for six seasons at Peru State. She currently lives in Omaha.
Ivy's Career Statistics
|
Year |
G-GS |
FG-FGA |
Pct. |
3P-3PA |
Pct. |
FT-FTA |
Pct. |
TRB-Avg. |
Pts-Avg. |
| 1984-85 |
26-24 |
145-348 |
.416 |
NA |
NA |
73-108 |
.675 |
142-5.5 |
363-14.0 |
| 1985-86 |
27-27 |
219-500 |
.438 |
NA |
NA |
94-124 |
.758 |
233-8.6 |
532-19.7 |
| 1986-87 |
29-29 |
265-517 |
.512 |
NA |
NA |
153-196 |
.780 |
226-7.8 |
683-23.6 |
| 1987-88 | 29-27 | 218-434 | .502 | 6-10 | .600 | 111-142 | .781 | 177-6.1 | 553-19.1 |
|
Career |
111-107 |
847-1, 799 |
.468 |
6-10 |
.600 |
431-570 |
.756 |
778-7.0 |
2, 131-19.2 |