Inductees
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Lometa Odom
- In four seasons with the Wayland Baptist Flying Queens, she complied a record of 115-5
- First Wayland Baptist player to pick up four consecutive AAU All-American Honors
- She was named the 1956 AAU Tournament MVP and finished her career with 1,614 points
- Inducted into the Wayland Baptist University Athletic Hall of Honor in 1992
- In high school, she led her team to three state titles from 1950-1952, setting the Texas single game scoring record with 78 points in 1951
- She collected Texas All-State honors three years in a row (1950-1952)
- The first woman inducted into the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame and the Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame
- In 2000 she was recognized as one of the best 100 sports legends of the 20th century by the Amarillo Globe News
- Played on the USA team in 1955 that captured gold in the Pan American Games in Mexico City
- In 1968 she was inducted into Helms Foundation Hall of Fame
Lometa Odom
In four seasons with the Wayland Baptist Flying Queens, she...
Muffet McGraw
- As head coach of Notre Dame, she led the Irish to the 2001 NCAA Division I National Championship
- Named the 2001 Naismith, Associated Press, WBCA and US Basketball Writers Assocation National Coach of the Year
- The 2009 Carol Eckman Award Recipient
- Led Notre Dame to three Final Fours (1997, 2001, 2011), nine Sweet Sixteen appearances and 21 seasons with 20-or-more victories
- Taken Notre Dame to NCAA Tournament 18 times, including a current string of 16 consecutive NCAA appearances (1996-2011)
- She was a member of the USA Basketball Women’s Collegiate Committee and is currently the Division I Legislative Chair for the WBCA’s Board of Directors
- She ranks among the top 20 active NCAA Division I coaches with 644 career wins, reaching the 600-win milestone in 2010
- She has guided Notre Dame to 197 appearances in the Associated Press Top 25 poll (As of the end of the 2009-2010 season)
- A four year starter at St. Joseph’s University, she was the captain of the 1976-77 team, which finished with a 23-5 record and was ranked third nationally
Muffet McGraw
As head coach of Notre Dame, she led the Irish...
Pearl Moore
- A four-time All-American, she is the all-time career-scoring leader for women’s college basketball with 4,061 points
- Ranked third on the College’s Basketball Career Scoring List for all levels of men’s and women’s college basketball
- Averaged 30.6 points per game over her four seasons (127 games) at Francis Marion College during the era that did not have the three-point field goal
- The 1979 SCAIAW and American Women’s Sports Foundation Small College Player of the Year
- Named the 1979 South Carolina Amateur Athlete of the Year
- A final nominee for the 1978 Wade Trophy
- A first-round draft choice in the WBL and participated in the 1981 WBL All-Star game
- Inducted into the Francis Marion Hall of Fame in 1992, the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000, and was a part of the inaugural class for the Florence Area Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006
- Played professionally for one season in Venezuela
Pearl Moore
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Ruthie Bolton
- A two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and WNBA All-Star
- Scored over 2,000 career points, is fourth of the WNBA’s all-time 3-pointer list, and is the only player in the history of the Sacramento Monarchs to have her number retired
- First WNBA Player of the Week in July of 1997, a member of the 1999 First Team All WNBA, and a two-time WNBA All-Star in 1999 and 2001
- The 1991 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year
- Played with the 1995-96 US Women’s National Team that compiled a perfect 60-0 record
- In four seasons at Auburn, she led her team to a combined record of 199-13, which included three Southeastern Conference Championships (1987-1989), four NCAA Tournament appearances and two runner-up finishes in 1988 and 1989
- She was named to the 1988 NCAA Women’s Final Four All-Tournament Team
- A 1st Lieutenant in the United States Army
- Mother of Hope Alicia Bolton
Ruthie Bolton
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Val Ackerman
- The WNBA’s first president, guiding the league to a much-heralded launch in 1997 and overseeing the day-to-day operations for its first eight years
- In 2005, she became the first woman to serve as President of USA Basketball, which oversees the US Men’s and Women’s Olympic basketball programs
- A USA Basketball board member since 1989, she was the driving force behind the Women’s Senior National Team that produced a 60-0 record and won the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta
- First woman elected to represent the USA on the board of the International Basketball Federation
- A four-year starter and two-time Academic All-American at the University of Virginia, she also played in France for one year.
- In high school, she set a varsity record for most points scored (male or female) with 1,755 in her career
- Recipient of the 2008 Naismith Hall of Fame John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award
Val Ackerman
The WNBA’s first president, guiding the league to a much-heralded...