Bio

Shortly after her tragic death in an automobile accident in 1993, Corene “Renie” Amoss was described in The Philadelphia Inquirer as “the epitome of the student-athlete. She left a sports legacy [at Goucher College] that will be difficult to match.”

Amoss played three sports while attending Goucher—each of them extremely well.

She remains the all-time leading scorer in the history of Goucher’s women’s basketball. Still intact are her field hockey school records for most goals in a game and in a season. She also was talented enough to play No. 2 in the Gophers’ singles tennis lineup by her senior year.

Nearly two decades later, Amoss’ legacy is indeed unmatched.

During her four seasons on the basketball team, she tallied 2,220 points—a total no Goucher woman has come within 500 points of equaling.

Since Goucher’s NCAA affiliation began, there have been only four occasions when a women’s basketball player scored more than 40 points in a game. Remarkably, Amoss accounted for them all. The first was her 45-point performance against Chestnut Hill College in February 1990. Then there was a 42-point effort against St. Mary’s College two years later. During the 1992-93 season, she scored 41 points against Salisbury University in January and another 41 points three weeks later against McDaniel College.

Beyond her personal triumphs, she also set up scoring opportunities for her teammates, as evidenced by her all-time leading 421 career assists. Defensively, she ranks No. 1 in program history with 311 career steals. For all of these accomplishments, Amoss was named Women’s Basketball Player of the Year in the Capital Athletic Conference her senior year.

Amoss’ name is also repeated in Goucher’s field hockey record book. Nobody has eclipsed her records for goals (7) or points (17) in a game, nor her season-best totals for goals (23) and points (56). Amoss ranks second in career goals (56) and points (134) and third in assists (22). She was a first-team All-CAC selection for field hockey in 1991 and 1992.

In addition to being the sole recipient of the Goucher College Coaches’ Award as the outstanding senior student-athlete in 1993, she was recognized three times as an Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors Association of America and was Maryland’s recipient of the 1993 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.