Inductees
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Alana Beard
- Kodak All-American, AP All-American, and Women’s Basketball News Service All-American at Duke (2002, 2003, 2004)
- ACC Female Athlete of the Year (2003, 2004)
- ESPN National Player of the Year (2003, 2004)
- Wooden Award Women’s Basketball National Player of the Year, Wade Trophy National Player of the Year, AP National Player of the Year, and USBWA National Player of the Year (2004)
- WNBA 2nd overall pick by the Washington Mystics (2004)
- 3x WNBA All-Star (2005, 2006, 2007)
- WNBA Champion (2016)
- 2x WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2017, 2018)
- Played internationally in Poland, South Korea, Israel, and Spain from (2005-2016)
- FIBA Americas Championship – USA Women’s U 18 Gold medal
- Founded the Alana Beard Foundation (2014), a nonprofit organization working with AAU Basketball to provide resources to young women to achieve success on and off the court.
Alana Beard
Kodak All-American, AP All-American, and Women’s Basketball News Service All-American...
Cappie Pondexter
- Led Rutgers University to a 97-22 record and back-to-back Big East Championships (2005, 2006)
- Elite Eight appearance with Rutgers (2005)
- Big East Rookie of the Year (2003)
- Big East Player of the Year (2006)
- Women’s Basketball News Service National Player of the Year (2006)
- 2nd overall pick in WNBA Draft (2006)
- 2x WNBA Champion (2007, 2009)
- WNBA Finals MVP (2007)
- 7x WNBA All-Star (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)
- WNBA 15th, 20th and 25th Anniversary Teams
- Olympic Gold Medalist (2008)
- 4x Turkish National League (2007, 2008, 2012. 2013)
- 4x Turkish President Cup winner (2007, 2008, 2012, 2013)
- 3x Russian Cup Winner (2009, 2010, 2011)
Cappie Pondexter
Led Rutgers University to a 97-22 record and back-to-back Big...
Danielle Donehew
- Executive Director of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association 2014-present
- Established and launched WBCA Enterprises, LLC. to expand the nonprofit coaches’ association into a for-profit business space.
- WBCA recipient of the 2023 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Trailblazer Award for their contribution to women’s basketball
- Created “Naismith Starting 5” position player awards (2018) which are presented in partnership with the NMBHOF and WBCA to the top college women’s basketball players in the country.
- Built new WBCA game events, MTE in Orlando, and Invitational Class in Las Vegas.
- Advanced women’s basketball through her leadership at Georgia Tech, the University of Tennessee, the WNBA Atlanta Dream, the Big East Conference, the American Athletic Conference, and the WBCA.
- Named to Georgia Tech’s 70 Most Influential Women Graduates of all time.
- Established the Danielle M. Donehew Women’s Basketball Scholarship at Georgia Tech (2015)
- Recognized as an ACC Legend in 2013
- Board Member of the WBHOF, NMBHOF, Kay Yow Cancer Fund, Pat Summitt Foundation, and Pat Summitt Leadership Group.
- Represents the coaching community on various NCAA committees
- Leads a 4,000+ membership of the WBCA.
Danielle Donehew
Executive Director of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association 2014-present Established...
Lucille Kyvallos
- Head Coach at West Chester State College, where the team’s record was 52-2 (1962-1966)
- Head Coach at Queens College (1968-1980) and (1981-1982), the record 259-71
- 81% winning percentage in a collegiate career (311-73)
- AIAW National Championship versus Immaculata beat previously undefeated Immaculata before a crowd of over 3,300 with national media coverage (1973)
- Historic game at Madison Square Garden, the first women’s collegiate basketball game played at the Garden, with over 12,000 spectators (1975)
- Lady Champion Sportswear National Coach of the Year (1976)
- AIAW Basketball Committee (1972-1976)
- AAU/Division of Girl’s and Women in Sports (DGWS) Women’s Basketball Rules Committee (moved the women’s game to the “Rover” game and next step towards 5-on-5) (1969-1971)
- Inducted into the Springfield College Athletic Hall of Fame, Queens College Athletics Hall of Fame, New York City Basketball Hall of Fame, West Chester College Hall of Fame
- The Queens College Fitzgerald Gymnasium is named the “Lucille Kyvallos Court.”
- Head Coach of the Silver Medalist US Women’s Team at the World University Games (1977)
- US Olympic Committee Member (1969-1972) and (1974-1976)
Lucille Kyvallos
Head Coach at West Chester State College, where the team’s...
Mark Campbell
- In his 26th season (1999-present) as head coach of Division II Union University (Jackson, TN)
- Overall record of 742-116
- Named Director of Athletics at Union in 2023
- Won NAIA National Championships in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010.
- NAIA Hall of Fame and the Jackson-Madison County Sports Hall of Fame
- 2019 USA Development Coach of the Year
- 48 Consecutive #1 Rankings in the NAIA national poll. (2007-2011)
- NAIA National Coach of the Year (2005, 2006 2009, 2010)
- 2x NAIA WBCA Coach of the Year (2004, 2008)
- Fastest coach in college basketball to both 600 and 700 wins.
- 19 Regular season conference titles and 14 conference tournament titles
- Named Gulf South Conference Coach of the year five times (2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022)
- Named Gulf South Conference Coach of the Decade and Tennessee Sports Writers Coach of the Year
Mark Campbell
In his 26th season (1999-present) as head coach of Division...