University of the Ozarks

Dorothy Salter founded the Sooner Gals, a competitive senior women’s basketball team, in 1992. She led the team to the gold medal in the national competition of the Senior Olympics in Virginia in June 2003. Known as “Dot” to her teammates, the Sooner Gals won either the silver or gold medal in the Senior Olympics every year. She won more than 100 gold medals in various competitions in the Senior Olympics since 1988.