[2] She learned enough about the game and was skilled enough to be invited onto the senior team in high school while only a freshman in Van Buren, AR.

[2] Crawford and the Van Buren Pointerettes won a state championship in her sophomore, junior and senior season.

She graduated two years later, after helping Clarendon advance to the quarterfinals of the AAU national tournament in 1957.

Crawford originally was enrolled in the school's business program, but dropped that and worked as a supervisor in the mail room.

"[6] With the US National team, Crawford won the World Championship in 1957,[7] and the 1959 and 1963 Pan American Games.