Inductees
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Ceal Barry
- All-time coaching record of 510-284 in 26 seasons
- Twelve NCAA tournament appearances, six Sweet 16, and three Elite Eight appearances
- 4x Big Eight Coach of the Year (1989, 1993, 1994, 1995)
- U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Coach of the Year and Basketball Times Magazine Coach of the Year (1994)
- 4x Big 8 regular season conference champion with the University of Colorado (1989, 1993-1995)
- 4x Big 8 tournament champion (1989, 1992, 1995, 1996)
- 24th coach in women’s NCAA history to reach 500 career wins
- WBCA Carol Eckman Award recipient (1995)
- Head coach of the U.S. Junior World Championship qualifying team that captured a gold medal (2004)
- Assistant coach on the 1996 U.S. Olympic team that claimed the gold medal in Atlanta
- Inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame (2006) and into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame (2010)
Ceal Barry
All-time coaching record of 510-284 in 26 seasons Twelve NCAA...
Chamique Holdsclaw
- All-time leading scorer and rebounder at Tennessee in men’s or women’s basketball
- All-time leading scorer in SEC women’s basketball
- 2x AP Player of the Year and Naismith College Player of the Year (1998, 1999)
- 3x NCAA National Champion (1996, 1997, 1998)
- 4x Kodak/WBCA All-American and 2x Naismith Player of the Year
- Honda-Broderick Award winner, and was named the James E. Sullivan award winner for top amateur athlete in the U.S. (1998)
- WNBA Rookie of the Year (1999)
- 6x WNBA All-Star (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)
- WNBA Scoring Champion (2002) and was the WNBA Rebounding Champion (2002, 2003)
- Olympic Gold Medalist in Sydney (2000)
- WBCA All-American in high school (1995)
Chamique Holdsclaw
All-time leading scorer and rebounder at Tennessee in men’s or...
Chris Dailey
- Assistant/ Associate Head coach at the University of Connecticut
- Guided the Huskies to a 1027-136 overall record
- 11 NCAA National Championships, including a record four consecutive Championships
- Coached nineteen Huskies into First Team All-Americans and eight National Players of the Year
- Developed seven Huskies into National Scholar Athletes of the Year
- 24 conference regular season championships and 23 conference tournament championships
- Margo Dydek Award recipient (2017)
- Played for the Rutgers, serving as the team captain her junior and senior seasons where the team won the AIAW National Championship (1982)
- Girl Scouts Women of Merit Award recipient (2000)
- Inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and the New England Basketball Hall of Fame
Chris Dailey
Assistant/ Associate Head coach at the University of Connecticut Guided...
Dr. Rose Marie Battaglia
- Overall record of 702-240-2 in 38 years of coaching
- .745 winning percentage as a head coach
- Coached Paramus Catholic High School to two consecutive state championships
- 10 Garden State Athletic Conference Championships, 4 Region XIX Championships, and 4 NJCAA Final Four appearances with Bergen Community College
- 3x Garden State Athletic Conference Coach of the Year three times and 2x NJCAA Region XIX Coach of the Year
- Stayfree National Coach of the Year (1979)
- WBCA Jostens-Berenson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient (1998)
- New Jersey Collegiate Basketball Coaches Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient (2000)
- Inducted into numerous Halls of Fame, including the NJCAA Hall of Fame (1999) and the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Hall of Fame (1996)
Dr. Rose Marie Battaglia
Overall record of 702-240-2 in 38 years of coaching .745...
Katie Smith
- 2x Kodak/WBCA All-American (1993, 1996)
- Big Ten Player of the Year at Ohio State (1996)
- Led Ohio State to the Big Ten Championship (1993)
- 2x WNBA Champion (2006, 2008)
- WNBA Finals MVP (2008)
- WNBA top 15 players of all time (2011) and was named one of the WNBA top 20 players of all time (2016)
- 2x WNBA First Team selection (2001, 2003)
- 7x WNBA All-Star (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009)
- WNBA Scoring Champion (2001)
- 2x ABL Champion in (1997, 1998)
- 3x Olympic Gold Medalist with Team USA (2000, 2004, 2008)
- In high school, she was a WBCA All-American and the Gatorade National Player of the Year (1992)
Katie Smith
2x Kodak/WBCA All-American (1993, 1996) Big Ten Player of the...