Inductees
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Christine Grant
- Grant became the first women’s athletic director at the University of Iowa • From 1973-2000, she was the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women at the University of Iowa, which included 12 NCAA championship sports than won a combined 27 Big Ten conference titles
- In 1992, she was named the National Administrator of the Year by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association
- In 1970, she was given the Ontario Sports Award for Outstanding Contributions to Canadian Amateur Sport
- In 1998, Grant was awarded the NCAA Honda Award of Merit
- In 2006, she was inducted into the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame
- She was inducted into the NACDA Hall of Fame in 2008
- Grant became a Member of the Board of Directors of the USA Field Hockey Foundation
- She is a founding member of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW)
Christine Grant
Grant became the first women’s athletic director at the University...
Kara Wolters
- Wolters helped guide USA Basketball to a gold medal in the 2000 Olympic Games • She won gold medals at the 1997 World University Games, 1998 World Championships, and 1999 US Olympic Cup
- She helped guide the Houston Comets to the 1999 WNBA Championship
- Wolters helped guide the University of Connecticut to the school first NCAA National Championship in 1995
- She was on the All-Final Four Team and averaged 20.5 ppg in the 1995 Women’s Final Four
- In 1996, Wolters received the Victor Award as the nation’s top female collegiate player
- She was named the 1997 AP National College Player of the Year and was runner-up for the Naismith National Player of the Year
- Wolters was named on the Big East All-Tournament Team four times
- She holds the rebounding record (1286) and shot’s blocked record (396) at the University of Connecticut
- Wolters is one of only a few women to receive a gold medal in the Olympics, an NCAA Championship and a WNBA Championship
Kara Wolters
Wolters helped guide USA Basketball to a gold medal in...
Louise O’Neal
- O’Neal was the head women’s basketball coach at Southern Connecticut from 1962-1976. She revolutionized the women’s basketball program there, elevating it from a club sport in the 1960’s to a varsity sport in the 1970’s • O’Neal is the former president of the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
- She was the recipient of the 2004 WBCA Jostens-Berenson Lifetime Achievement Award
- O’Neal served in several national leadership positions, including NCAA Long-Range Planning Committee, Women’s Basketball Rules Committee, Sears Cup Selection Committee and NACDA Executive Board
- In 1979, she was the Junior Select Team Head Coach for USA Basketball that captured gold
- She made eight straight appearances in the National Women’s Collegiate Championships, the only school to qualify for each of the first eight championships
- She coached two players (Mary Anne O’Connor and Sue Rojcewicz) who played on the 1976 U.S. Women’s Olympic Team
- In 1988, she was inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and in 2001, she was inducted into the Southern Connecticut Hall of Fame
- In 2011, O’Neal was given the NACWAA Lifetime Achievement Award
Louise O’Neal
O’Neal was the head women’s basketball coach at Southern Connecticut...
Rick Insell
- Insell has over 40 years’ experience coaching women’s basketball • He has more than 1,000 victories between both Shelbyville Central High School and Middle Tennessee State University
- From 1977 to 2005 as head coach at Shelbyville Central High School, he led his teams to 21 District Championships, 14 Regional Championships, 5 State Runner-ups, 10 State Championships, 2 USA TODAY National Runner-ups, and 2 USA TODAY National Championships
- He posted a .842 winning percentage at Shelbyville High School with an overall record of 686-129
- Insell holds Tennessee State records for consecutive wins with 110 and consecutive State Championships with four
- In 1989 and 1991, he was named the USA Today National High School Coach of the Year
- In 2002, he was selected by USA Basketball as head coach of the South Region in Youth Development Festival
- Insell and his 1990 team were the first high school team honored by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame as Team of the Year
- Insell was named the 1992 WBCA National High School Coach of the Year
Rick Insell
Insell has over 40 years’ experience coaching women’s basketball •...
Sally Bell
- Bell began officiating high school basketball in 1975, moved on to NAIA and NJCAA games in 1979, and first officiated Division I and II games in 1981
- She officiated 15 NCAA Division I Women’s Final Fours, including 13 consecutive from 1993-2004
- She officiated the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta
- In 1991, Bell was named Naismith College Women’s Basketball Official of the Year by the Atlanta Tipoff Club
- She is the Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officials for six different conferences (Atlantic Sun, OVC, SEC, Southland, SWAC, Sunbelt)
- In 1990, Bell officiated the World Championships held in Malaysia
- Bell served as a member of the U.S. Olympic Selection Committee for officials from 1996 to 2004
- She officiated the 1994 Goodwill Games (Russia) and the 1993 World University Games (United States)
- In 2012, Bell was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
Sally Bell
Bell began officiating high school basketball in 1975, moved on...