Inductees
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Alice “Cookie” Barron
- Played for Wayland Baptist College (now University) from 1954-57, playing her first year on a full scholarship at Cisco Junior College
- Member of the Flying Queens basketball team, where the team amassed a 104-0 record. Barron scored game-winning free throws against Iowa to keep the win streak alive (1957)
- 3x National AAU Champion, First-Team All-American, and co-captain during her senior year
- Named Wayland’s Outstanding Woman Athlete (1956-1957)
- Member of Team USA, where she helped win the World Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, beating Russia in the finals before 35,000 fans (1957)
- First female administrator inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame (1992)
- Inducted to the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association as part of the inaugural class
- First woman to serve on the Colorado High School Activities Association Board of Control
- Served on the NIAAA membership committee for five years and on the NIAAA Board of Directors for four years
Alice “Cookie” Barron
Played for Wayland Baptist College (now University) from 1954-57,...
Becky Hammon
- Played for the Colorado State Rams (1995 -1999),
- 3x WAC Player of the Year (1997, 1998, 1999)
- Received the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, and was named the Western Athletic Conference’s (WAC) all-time leading scorer (1998, 1999)
- Inducted into the Rams Athletics Hall of Fame, where her No. 25 jersey was retired (2004)
- Played for the New York Liberty (1999-2006)
- Led the WNBA in scoring (2003)
- 6x WNBA All Star (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2011)
- 2x All WNBA First Team (2007, 2009) and 2x All WNBA Second Team (2005, 2008)
- Played for the San Antonio Silver Stars, where she posted career-high averages of 18.8ppg (fourth best) and 5.0apg (2007)
- Led the WNBA in assists (2007)
- Led the Silver Stars to a WNBA best record (24-10) and finished the season competing in the WNBA Finals (2008)
- Named WNBA’s Top 15 Players of All-Time (2011)
- Named the ESPNW Woman of the Year (2014)
- Inducted into the New York Liberty’s Ring of Honor (2015)
- San Antonio Stars retired Hammon’s No. 25 jersey (2016)
- 7th player in WNBA history to score 5,000 points.
- Competed in the Olympics twice for Russia in 2008 (Bronze) and 2012
- Began her coaching career, as the assistant coach for the NBA’s Spurs (2014)
- A part of the NBA All-Star Game coaching staff (2016)
- Currently Head Coach for the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces
- 3x WNBA champion as Head Coach (2022, 2023, 2025)
Becky Hammon
Played for the Colorado State Rams (1995 -1999), 3x WAC...
Bob Schneider
- Compiled an all-time coaching record of 1,045-293 (.781%) during his 43-year coaching career at the high school and collegiate levels
- Spent 12 years at Canyon High School (TX), where his teams appeared in ten consecutive Texas state tournaments
- 5x Texas State Champions, and 5x Texas State tournament runner-up
- Only undefeated high school girls’ team in the state of Texas (1978)
- Overall record of 350-59 (1966-1978)
- Enshrined in the Texas Girls Coaches Hall of Fame, the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame, and the West Texas A&M Hall of Champions
- Across all divisions, Schneider ranks 26th in total victories and 38th in winning percentage
- Spent 25 years at West Texas A&M University, going to nine Lone Star Conference (Division II) championships in 15 seasons
- Schneider is 1 of 5 NCAA Division II women’s coaches to earn 500 wins
- Third all-time winning percentage in NCAA Division II history with 634 victories and listed as twelfth in all-time NCAA Division II history with a .757 winning percentage
- As Head Coach at West Texas A&M, his teams reached the postseason eight straight years starting in 1985; he led his team to the NCAA Elite Eight twice, NCAA quarterfinals (1997), and were the NCAA national runners-up (1988)
- Elected to the Texas Girls Coaches Hall of Fame (1993) and elected to the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame (1997)
- Schneider retired from coaching (2006)
Bob Schneider
Compiled an all-time coaching record of 1,045-293 (.781%) during his...
Debbie Antonelli
- Played for NC State, participating in four NCAA Tournaments and appearing in two Sweet Sixteen as team captain (1983-1986)
- Director of Marketing at the University of Kentucky, then at the Ohio State University
- When she arrived at the Ohio State University as Director of Marketing, the college did not have any televised women’s sports. She arranged a deal with a local station to air eight women’s games per season, found sponsors to produce the games, and became the play-by-play voice for each matchup.
- Announced Ohio State women’s games for five years while also serving as an analyst for Dayton Flyers’ men’s basketball games for three years.
- ACC Distinguished Service Award (2000)
- The first female analyst in 22 years on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament for CBS/Turner Sports (2017 to present)
- On-air talent for WNBA games and has been the main play-by-play voice for the Indiana Fever
- Conducted media training, team building workshops, and seminars with over 50 Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Programs
- Inductee of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame Class (2021)
- A member of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund Board of Directors/Executive Committee since its inception
- Created the “Antonelli’s Girls Only Sports Camp” in Mount Pleasant, SC, which introduces girls to twenty different sports (2016)
- 2x Emmy Award winner and Gracie Award Winner for her work in broadcasting basketball
- Works for ESPN, Big Ten Network, CBS, FOX, and Westwood One
- Antonelli is the voice of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame as the WBHOF Induction Ceremony Emcee
Debbie Antonelli
Played for NC State, participating in four NCAA Tournaments and...
DeLisha Milton-Jones
- Player for the University of Florida women’s basketball program, helping the Gators to four straight NCAA tournament appearances
- Scored 1,858 collegiate career points
- Wade Trophy winner, Honda Sports Award for Basketball, SEC Player of the Year, and SEC First-team All-American (1997)
- Recognized as an All-American by the Associated Press, Kodak, and the Basketball Times (1997)
- Inducted into the University of Florida Athletics Hall of Fame (2007)
- Played professionally for 17 years in the WNBA with the Washington Mystics, Los Angeles Sparks, San Antonio Stars, and New York Liberty
- Set a WNBA record for most games played with 499, which Sue Bird later broke
- 2x WNBA champion with the LA Sparks (2001,2002)
- 3x WNBA All-Star (2000, 2004, 2007)
- 2x Olympic Gold Medalist (2000, 2008)
- 2x FIBA World Championship Gold Medalist (1998, 2002), and a Bronze Medal in the FIBA World Championship (2006)
- Earned gold medals in the U.S. Olympic Festival (1994), U.S. Olympic Cup (1999), the World University Games (1997)
- Played internationally in Spain, Italy, Turkey, South Korea, the Czech Republic, and Russia
- Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award recipient (2015)
- Milton-Jones retired from playing in 2016 and is currently the head coach for Old Dominion University women’s basketball program
DeLisha Milton-Jones
Player for the University of Florida women’s basketball program, helping...