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Buy your ticket to claim your seat in history! The 2026 Induction will take place on June 27th at the Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville, TN.
The Class of 2026 includes four legendary players, Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne, Amaya Valdemoro, and Isabelle Fijalkowski, two veteran coaches, Cheryl Reeve and Kim Muhl, ESPN contributor, Doris Burke, and posthumous veteran honoree, Barbara Kennedy - Dixon.
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Barbara Kennedy-Dixon
- Scored 3,113 career points at Clemson University and had 1,252 rebounds
- One of just eight players with at least 3,000 points and 1,000 rebounds since the NCAA began sponsoring women’s sports
- Holds the Clemson and ACC single season record for points (908), points per game (29.3), field goals (392), field goal attempts (760), rebounds (400) and rebounds per game (12.9).
- ACC Rookie of the Year (1979)
- 3x First team All-ACC (1980, 1981, 1982)
- All American (1981, 1982)
- ACC Tournament MVP (1981, 1982)
- ACC 50th Anniversary Team
- Inducted into the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame (1989)
- Inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame (1998)
- Member of the Jones Cup Team in 1981; Silver Medalist
Amaya Valdemoro
- 3x WNBA Champion (1998, 1999, 2000) with the Houston Comets
- Played in four World Championships (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
- 3x Women’s EuroBasket bronze medalist (2003, 2005, 2009)
- EuroLeague Women Champion (1993)
- 8x Spanish League champion (1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010)
- 9x Spanish Cup winner (1994, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011)
- 3x Russian Cup winner (2006, 2007, 2008)
- FIBA Women’s EuroBasket silver medalist (2007)
- FIBA Women’s EuroBasket MVP (2007)
- FIBA Women’s EuroBasket gold medalist (2013)
- Spanish Hall of Fame (2019)
- FIBA Hall of Fame (2023)
Candace Parker
- 2x NCAA champion (2007, 2008)
- AP Player of the Year (2008)
- 2x Wooden Award winner (2007, 2008)
- Wade Trophy (2007)
- 2x First team All American (2007, 2008)
- SEC Player of the Year (2007)
- WNBA Rookie of the Year (2008)
- 3x WNBA champion (2016, 2021, 2023)
- 2x WNBA MVP (2008, 2013)
- 7x WNBA All-Star (2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
- 7 x All-WNBA First Team (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020, 2022)
- 2x Olympic Gold Medalist (2008 and 2012)
Cheryl Reeve
- Four NCAA tournament appearances as assistant coach at George Washington University
- Head Coach Minnesota Lynx (2010-present)
- 4x WNBA Coach of the Year (2011, 2016, 2020, 2024)
- Four WNBA Championships (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
- 4x WNBA All Star Game coach (2013, 2014, 2017, 2024)
- FIBA World Cup Gold Medal as an assistant coach (2014)
- Minnesota Lynx General Manager (2017)
- 2x AP WNBA Coach of the Year (2020, 2024)
- WNBA Coach of the Year (2020)
- Minnesota Sports Hall of Fame (2023)
- 2x Olympic Gold Medalist (2016, 2020)
- Two FIBA World Cup Championships (2014, 2016)
Doris Burke
- Has worked for ESPN since 1991. She was the primary radio and television voice for the New York Liberty
- First woman to be a commentator for a New York Knicks game on radio and on television (2000)
- First woman to be the primary commentator on a men’s college basketball conference package (2000)
- Began doing men’s college basketball coverage (2003) then worked on the sidelines for NBA games for the 2003-2004 season
- Served as a sideline reporter for the NBA Finals on ABC (2009-2019), and as an analyst in select regular season and playoff games (2017)
- Hired as a regular NBA game analyst for ESPN, becoming the first woman at the national level to be assigned a full regular season role (2017)
- First woman to call the Conference Finals and NBA Finals on radio (2020)
- Burke joined ESPN’s lead broadcasting team, making her the first women to serve as an analyst for the NBA Conference Finals and the NBA Finals (2023)
- Received the USA Today Rudy Award as the Best New Face in Sports Television (2003)
- Inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame (2006)
- Received the Silver Anniversary Award (2012)
Elena Delle Donne
- 3x CAA Player of the Year (2011, 2012, 2013)
- AP, USBWA and Wooden Award All American First Team (2013)
- Drafted #2 by the Chicago Sky (2013)
- WNBA Champion (2019)
- 2x WNBA MVP (2015, 2019)
- 4x WNBA first team (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
- 7x WNBA All-Star (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023)
- WNBA Rookie of the Year (2013)
- First player to join the 50/40/90 club (2019) -- 51.5% from the field, 43% from three-point range, and 97.4% from the free throw line
- Olympic Games Gold Medalist (2016)
- FIBA World Cup Gold Medalist (2018)
- 29-0 record in USA Basketball games played
Isabelle Fijalkowski
- WNBA Eastern Conference Champion with the Cleveland Rockers (1998)
- 2x EuroLeague champion (1998, 1999)
- 5x French League champion (1992, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002)
- 2x Italian League champion (1998, 1999)
- 2x EuroBasket silver medalist (1993, 1999)
- EuroBasket Gold Medalist (2001)
- 2x French Cup winner (2001, 2002)
- Top scorer of French national team with 2,562 points in 204 games
- European MVP (1996, 1997)
- French League MVP (1996, 1997)
- Italian League MVP (1998, 1999)
- French Ministry of Youth and Sports Silver Medalist (2004)
Kim Muhl
- Head Coach of Kirkwood Community College (1989-present)
- Overall record of 1,078-173
- Home record of 451-33
- 9x NJCAA Division II National Champion (1997, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2022, 2024)
- Led his teams to 32 Regional finals and 23 National tournaments
- Produced 35 consecutive 20-win seasons, including a school record of 37 wins (2009, 2010) and (2016-2017)
- Won 106 consecutive conference games (2006-2011)
- 22x Region XI Coach of the Year
- 9x Outstanding Coach of the Tournament
- Coached 35 All-Americans
- Holds the NJCAA DII women’s basketball record of 39 straight wins
- Inducted into the NJCAA Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (2011)
- Inducted into the Kirkwood Athletics Hall of Fame (2023)