Inductees
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Ceal Barry
- Barry has an all-time coaching record of 510-284 in 26 seasons with 12 NCAA tournament appearances, including six Sweet 16, and three Elite Eight appearances
- She has been named Big Eight Coach of the Year four times (1989, 1993, 1994, 1995)
- In 1994, Barry was named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Coach of the Year and Basketball Times Magazine Coach of the Year
- She led the University of Colorado to four Big 8 regular season conference titles and four Big 8 tournament titles
- Barry became the 24th coach in women’s NCAA history to reach 500 career wins
- She was named the 1995 WBCA Carol Eckman Award recipient
- Barry was the 2004 head coach of the U.S. Junior World Championship qualifying team that captured the gold medal
- She was the assistant coach on the 1996 U.S. Olympic team that claimed the gold medal in Atlanta
- Barry was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 2006 and into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010
Ceal Barry
Barry has an all-time coaching record of 510-284 in 26...
Chamique Holdsclaw
- Holdsclaw is the all-time leading scorer and rebounder at Tennessee in men’s or women’s basketball
- She is also the all-time leading scorer in SEC women’s basketball
- Holdsclaw guided the Lady Vols to three NCAA National Championships (1996, 1997, 1998)
- She was a four-time Kodak/WBCA All-American and two-time Naismith Player of the Year
- Holdsclaw was named the Honda-Broderick Award winner in 1998 and was named the James E. Sullivan award winner for top amateur athlete in the U.S. in 1998
- She was named WNBA Rookie of the Year in 1999 and was a WNBA All-Star six times
- Holdsclaw was the WNBA Scoring Champion in 2002 and was the WNBA Rebounding Champion in 2002 and 2003
- She helped guide USA Basketball to a gold medal in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney
- Holdsclaw was a WBCA All-American in high school in 1995
Chamique Holdsclaw
Holdsclaw is the all-time leading scorer and rebounder at Tennessee...
Chris Dailey
- As Connecticut’s top assistant coach for the last 32 years, Dailey has guided the Huskies to a 1027-136 overall record
- She has helped guide Connecticut to 11 NCAA National Championships including a record four-straight
- Dailey has helped develop 19 Huskies into First Team All-Americans and eight National Players of the Year
- She also helped develop 7 Huskies into National Scholar Athletes of the Year
- She helped guide the Huskies to 24 conference regular season championships and 23 conference tournament championships
- Dailey was the 2017 recipient of the Margo Dydek Award
- She was a four-year forward for Rutgers serving as the team captain her junior and senior seasons guiding the scarlet knights to the 1982 AIAW National Championship
- Dailey was a recipient of the 2000 Girl Scouts Women of Merit Award, given to women who best exemplify the qualities of a Girl Scout
- She has been inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and the New England Basketball Hall of Fame
Chris Dailey
As Connecticut’s top assistant coach for the last 32 years,...
Dr. Rose Marie Battaglia
- Battaglia has posted an overall record of 702-240-2 in 38 years of coaching
- She has an overall career winning percentage of .745 as a head coach
- She led Paramus Catholic High School (Paramus, New Jersey) to two consecutive state championships
- Battaglia led Bergen Community College to 10 Garden State Athletic Conference Championships, four Region XIX Championships, and four NJCAA Final Four appearances
- She was named Garden State Athletic Conference Coach of the Year three times and NJCAA Region XIX Coach of the Year twice
- Battaglia was named the 1998 WBCA Jostens-Berenson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
- In 2000, she was named the New Jersey Collegiate Basketball Coaches Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
- Battaglia was named the 1979 Stayfree National Coach of the Year
- She has been inducted into numerous halls of fames including the NJCAA Hall of Fame in 1999 and the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1996.
Dr. Rose Marie Battaglia
Battaglia has posted an overall record of 702-240-2 in 38...
Katie Smith
- Smith was a two-time Kodak/WBCA All-American (1993, 1996) and Big Ten Player of the Year (1996) while at Ohio State
- She helped lead Ohio State to the Big Ten Championship in 1993
- Smith led Detroit Shock to two WNBA Championships on 2006 and 2008 and was named the 2008 WNBA Finals MVP
- She was named one of the WNBA top 15 players of all time in 2011 and was named one of the WNBA top 20 players of all time in 2016
- Smith was a two-time WNBA first team selection and was a WNBA All-Star seven times
- While with the Minnesota Lynx, she was the WNBA Scoring Champion in 2001
- Smith helped guide the Columbus Quest to two ABL Championships in 1997 and 1998
- She helped guide USA Basketball to three gold medals in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics
- In high school, she was a WBCA All-American and the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 1992
Katie Smith
Smith was a two-time Kodak/WBCA All-American (1993, 1996) and Big...