Eastern Washington University Athletics

Helping establish Eastern as a powerhouse in collegiate women's basketball, Loos scored 1,346 points (12.0 per game) with a school-record 1,407 rebounds (12.6) in 112 games from 1979-82. Eastern won 84 games in that span and appeared in the 1979 AIAW National Tournament. Loos, her teammates and head coach Bill Smithpeters laid the foundation for Eastern to earn membership in the Mountain West Conference starting in the 1982-83 school year. As a senior, she averaged 15.3 points and a remarkable 14.4 rebounds per game. She was an All-Northwest Women's Basketball League selection and was an all-tournament selection in both the Santa Clara Classic and the UC Irvine Christmas Tournament. She was also team captain twice and her team's most valuable player three times. Besides her career rebound record, she still holds Eastern records for most rebounds in a season (422) and game (27 versus U.S. International on Dec. 21, 1981). Loos, a 6-foot-2 post player, had a career high of 24 points against both Idaho and Boise State her senior season. A native of The Netherlands, Loos grew up in Royal City, Wash., and enrolled at Eastern in the fall of 1978. She earned her degree in recreation in 1982. Maria and her husband Rex have three boys.