Inductees
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Brad Smith
- Compiled a record of 629-87, including 26 league championships across 27 seasons at Oregon City High School
- 10x state champion
- 3x USA Today National Champions (1995, 1996, 1997)
- 6x Oregon Coach of the Year
- 10x Metro Coach of the Year and 2x District 7 National Coach of the Year while at Oregon City
- Oregon City High School named the gym floor in his honor (2009)
- 3x USA Today Coach of the Year (1995, 1996, 1997) and 3x WBCA Coach of the Year (1996, 1997, 2004)
- Converse National Coach of the Year and National High School Coaches Association Coach of the Year
- Served on the WBCA High School All-America Committee as a member and chair.
- Served as a representative for the WBCA Board of Directors
- Received the Morgan Wootten Award for Lifetime Achievement in Coaching High School from Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2012)
- Youth Development Festival Head Coach for USA Basketball leading them to the gold medal (2004)
Brad Smith
Compiled a record of 629-87, including 26 league championships across...
Gail Goestenkors
- Compiled a 498-163 (.753) record
- Ranked 9th among all-time Division I coaches in winning percentage
- 18 consecutive NCAA tournament bids (13 at Duke, 5 at Texas), including four Final Four berths and two National Championship game appearances
- Seven consecutive 30-win seasons from 2000 to 2007
- 7x ACC coach of the Year
- WBCA Coach of the Year and Naismith Coach of the Year (2007)
- WBCA Carol Eckman Award (2006)
- 2x gold medalist as an assistant coach for Team USA (2004, 2008)
- As the USA U19 team head coach, she guided them to a gold medal at the World Championship (2005)
- USA Basketball Coach of the Year (2005)
- Played collegiate basketball for Saginaw Valley State, leading them to a team record of 114-13
- NAIA All-American and was inducted into the Saginaw Valley State Hall of Fame (2010)
Gail Goestenkors
Compiled a 498-163 (.753) record Ranked 9th among all-time Division...
Janet Harris
- First player in NCAA women’s basketball history to record 2,500 points and 1,250 rebounds
- National Freshman of the Year (1982)
- The only 4x All-American at the University of Georgia
- 3x Kodak All-American (1982, 1984, 1985)
- The 3rd Freshman ever to be named a Kodak All-American
- She finished her college career with 2,641 points and 1,398 rebounds, which still respectively ranks #23 and #13 all-time in NCAA history
- The University of Georgia’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder, earning All-SEC honors four times
- Led Georgia to the first-ever NCAA tournament (1982), and she also guided them to the Final Four (1983, 1985)
- Named an SEC Great (2003)
- 3x gold medalist with Team USA, winning the Goodwill Games (1986), World Championships (1986), and Pan American Games (1987)
- Played professionally in Italy, Japan, Spain, Israel, Turkey, and Greece
- Harris was the first female player inducted into the Chicago Public League Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (1993)
- Inaugural inductee in the Illinois High School Basketball Hall of Fame (2011)
Janet Harris
First player in NCAA women’s basketball history to record 2,500...
Janeth Arcain
- 4x Olympian guiding the Brazil National team to the silver medal (1996) and bronze (2000)
- Led the Brazilian National team to the gold medal in the FIBA World Championship (1994) and three medals in the Pan American Game (Silver-1987, Gold-1991, Silver-2007)
- Led three different teams to the Brazilian National Championships of Basketball
- 3x MVP of the Brazilian National Championship of Basketball (1999, 2001, 2002)
- Named MVP of the Brazilian League every year she played professionally
- Led all scorers of the Brazilian League (1995, 1996)
- 2x Brazilian League Champion (1990, 1997)
- 4x WNBA Champion with the Houston Comets (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
- Averaged 18.5 ppg for the Comets, winning the league’s Most Improved Player awards and a first team All-WNBA honors (2001)
- WNBA All-Star (2001)
- Ranks 4th in Comets’ history in scoring average, 2nd in steals, 3rd in total assists and 3rd in total rebounds
Janeth Arcain
4x Olympian guiding the Brazil National team to the silver...
Kurt Budke
- Led Trinity Valley Community College to a 226-16 record
- In seven years at Trinity Valley, his teams won the conference title every year and appeared in six consecutive national championships games
- 4x NJCAA National Champion (1994, 1996, 1997, 1999)
- NJCAA record is 273-31 (.898), which is the highest winning percentage in NJCAA history
- 2x NJCAA Coach of the Year (1995, 1998)
- 4x Texas Coaches Association Coach of the Year (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998)
- Youngest coach ever to be inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame
- Led Louisiana Tech to an 80-16 record, leading them to three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
- WAC Coach of the Year at Louisiana Tech (2003)
- Led Louisiana Tech to the WAC regular season and postseason tournament titles in (2003-04)
- At Oklahoma State University, Budke guided the Cowgirls to a 112-83 record, including three NCAA tournament appearance and a Sweet 16 berth in 2008
Kurt Budke
Led Trinity Valley Community College to a 226-16 record In...