Southwestern Oklahoma State Athletics

Bruner was one of the key players who helped lay the early foundation of what would eventually be the future success of the women’s basketball program at SWOSU. A high school all-stater, Bruner averaged more than 38 points a game and helped Erick to the Class B state championship. She continued her career at SWOSU. Although the Bulldogs were non-scholarship and little more than a club team, the squad beat several long-standing programs on their way to a 10-6 record in 1977-78. Bruner averaged 20 points and nine rebounds and set most of the school’s early scoring and rebounding records. Her best game was a 37-point effort against rival Northwestern Oklahoma State. Bruner graduated from SWOSU in 1981. She would later coach 14 years at three Texas panhandle schools -- Mobeetie, McLain and Wheeler.