[2] The Lady Hornets annually play a nineteen-game conference schedule that is preceded by an out-of-conference schedule that includes one exhibition game between the Kansas Jayhawks or the Kansas State Wildcats, switching every other year.

[3][4] Emporia State's women's basketball program was established in 1974, one-hundred and eleven years after the university was founded.

[5] The inaugural game was a 73–52 win against the Washburn Lady Blues, a future-MIAA rival from Topeka, Kansas.

Conference tournament champion When Jones left after the 1980–81 season, Val Schierling took over as head coach for the Lady Hornets until 1995.

[9] Schierling is the second all-time winningest coach in Emporia State History with a record of 212–182 (.538).

Conference tournament champion After the firing of Val Schierling, Cindy Stein accepted the position as head coach.

[12] In her third and final season at Emporia State, Stein led the program to its first conference regular season and tournament championships, as well as the program's first trip to the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship.

[11] Stein left to become the head coach of the Missouri Tigers, leaving Emporia State with a 65–25 record.

[13] In Schneider's 12 years at the helm, he became the winningest coach in Emporia State history with a record of 306–72.

[19] Schneider left for Stephen F. Austin, leaving Emporia State with a record of 306–72 (.810), becoming the winningest coach in ESU history.

Schneider was also the first rookie head coach in the history of the MIAA to win both the regular conference season and tournament titles.

[24] He led them to the MIAA Tournament title game, which they lost to the Northwest Missouri Bearcats.

[24] With that, the Lady Hornets advanced to their second consecutive MIAA Tournament title game, in which they lost.

[24] The Lady Hornets won their third consecutive MIAA tournament title game, in which they defeated the Central Missouri Jennies 67–51.

[31] At the end of the season in March 2014, Collins was selected as the NCAA Division II Region 7 Russell Athletic/WBCA Coach of the Year.

[34] For the fifth consecutive season, Collins coached the Lady Hornets to their fifth MIAA tournament title game, in which they won their third-straight against the Fort Hays State Tigers 49–46.

[35] The Lady Hornets went to the NCAA Regionals, in which they again beat Fort Hays State in the Finals to move on to the Elite Eight.

[43] The Lady Hornets ended the regular season 23–5 (17–5 in conference play)finishing in fourth place in the MIAA standings.

[44] The Lady Hornets ended the postseason in their fifth straight Sweet 16, losing to conference rival Pittsburg State,[45] and finished with an overall record of 28–6.

[50] The Lady Hornets won their fifth straight MIAA Conference Tournament Championship,[51] and finished the postseason losing the Sweet 16 to Harding.

[53] Collins led the Lady Hornets to an overall record of 17–11, and 11–8 conference record, ending a five-consecutive MIAA Tournament championship streak and marking the first time the Lady Hornets did not make the NCAA postseason since 2011.

Conference tournament champion On April 6, 2018, Toby Wynn was announced as the seventh head basketball coach.

[55] Wynn previously served 13 years as the head women's basketball coach at Seward County Community College where he led the program to a record of 349–84 (.806).

[62] In 2008, White Auditorium received an upgrade with a new scoreboard, video board, and a new paint scheme on the basketball court.

Corky was published in The Bulletin, the student newspaper for Emporia State University.