[1] Her efforts played a key role in bringing the Indiana high school girls' basketball championships to Fort Wayne after the 2009 season.
[3] The Journal Gazette presents the Tiffany Gooden award annually to the most outstanding high school basketball player in Fort Wayne's Summit Athletic Conference.
[5] Gooden attended R. Nelson Snider High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
She is still ranked 13th best all-time among all Indiana high school girls' basketball players with 2,198 points scored.
In tribute to her great impact on the basketball floor, Gooden received several postseason awards at the end of her senior year.
The ultimate recognition came when it was announced that Gooden was winner of the 1994 Naismith Award, a prestigious honor given annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to the high school girls basketball player of the year.
[7] In 2000, it was announced that Gooden was one of 12 players named to the IHSAA's "First Silver Era" team, celebrating the first 25 years of Indiana high school girls' basketball.
In recognition of her outstanding contributions to her community both on and off the basketball court, Gooden was honored by a local newspaper.