Inductees
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Alice “Cookie” Barron
- Barron played for Wayland Baptist College (now University) from 1954-57, she played her first year on a full scholarship at Cisco Junior College
- A member of the Flying Queens basketball team, as they were called, the team had a record of 104-0. Barron made free throws at the end of the third overtime to win against Iowa, keeping the win streak going (1957)
- Barron won three National AAU Championships during her collegiate career, was a first-team All-American and named co-caption during her Senior year
- Named as the 1956-57 Wayland’s Outstanding Woman Athlete
- A member of the USA National Team in 1957, where she helped to win the World Tournament in Rio de Janeiro beating Russia in the finals before 35,000 fans
- After graduating, “Cookie” taught and coached for the Clear Creek school district in Texas for eight years, where she coached and taught several of the original seven astronauts’ daughters.
- Was the first female administrator inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in 1992
- Inducted to the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association inaugural class Hall of Fame
- She was the first woman to serve on the Colorado High School Activities Association Board of Control and served on the executive board of the Colorado Athletic Directors Association for ten years
- Served on the NIAAA membership committee for five years and on the NIAAA Board of Directors for four years
- Barron retired in 1991 from the Jefferson County schools in Colorado, whereby that time the school district offered equal facility usage, equal sports, and levels of competition for girls and boys, along with equal pay for officials.
Alice “Cookie” Barron
Barron played for Wayland Baptist College (now University) from 1954-57,...
Becky Hammon
- Hammon graduated and played for Colorado State Rams (1995 -1999), where she was a three-time All-American basketball player, has been inducted into the Rams Athletics Hall of Fame, and where her No. 25 jersey was retired
- Received the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, named the Western Athletic Conference’s (WAC) all-time leading scorer and named the WAC Mountain Division Player of the Year (1998-99)
- Played for the New York Liberty (1999-2006), where she led the WNBA in scoring in 2003 and inducted into the New York Liberty’s Ring of Honor (2015)
- On April 4, 2007, she was traded to the WNBA’s San Antonio Silver Stars, where she posted career-high averages of 18.8ppg (fourth best) and 5.0apg in 2007. She led the league in assists that year
- Helped lead the Silver Stars to a WNBA best record (24-10) and into the playoff for a second straight year; Hammon scored two 30 or more-point games during the Stars play-off run, and finished the season competing in the WNBA Finals
- On June 25, 2016, the San Antonio Stars retired Hammon’s No. 25 jersey
- A six-time WNBA All-Star (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2011) and became the seventh player in WNBA history to score 5,000 points.
- Two-time All-WNBA First Team (2007, 2009) and a two-time All-WNBA Second Team (2005, 2008)
- In 2011 named one of the WNBA’s Top 15 Players of All-Time
- Competed in the Olympics two times for Russia, both in 2008 (Bronze) and 2012
- Hammon was named the ESPNW Woman of the Year in 2014
- Began her coaching career, as the Assistant Coach for the NBA’s Spurs in 2014
- The 2015 NBA Summer league coach for the Spurs, who won the summer league title
- 2016 NBA All-Star Game coaching staff
- Hammon retired from playing in 2014 and is currently in her first year as Head Coach for the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces
Becky Hammon
Hammon graduated and played for Colorado State Rams (1995 -1999),...
Bob Schneider
- Schneider compiled an all-time coaching record of 1,045-293 (.781%) during his forty-three-year coaching career at the high school and collegiate levels
- During his career, he spent 12 years at Canyon High School (TX) where his teams appeared in ten consecutive Texas state tournaments while winning the Texas state championship five times, and finishing as Texas state tournament runner-up five times
- While at Canyon High School in 1978, the team was the only undefeated high school girls’ team in the state of Texas
- Had an overall record of 350-59 from 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
- Listed as third in all-time NCAA Division II history with 634 victories and listed as twelfth in all-time NCAA Division II history with a .757 winning percentage
- During his time as Head Coach at West Texas A&M, his teams were able to reach postseason competition eight straight years starting in 1985; he led his team to the NCAA Elite Eight twice, NCAA quarterfinals (1997), and became the NCAA national runners-up in 1988.
- During his career, he spent 12 years at Canyon High School (TX) where his teams appeared in ten consecutive Texas state tournaments while winning the Texas state championship five times, and finishing as Texas state tournament runner-up five times
- While at Canyon High School in 1978, the team was the only undefeated high school girls’ team in the state of Texas
- In 1993, Schneider was elected to the Texas Girls Coaches Hall of Fame, and in 1997 elected to the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame
- Across all divisions, Schneider ranks 26th in total victories and 38th in winning percentage
- Schneider retired from Coaching in August of 2006
Bob Schneider
Schneider compiled an all-time coaching record of 1,045-293 (.781%) during...
Debbie Antonelli
- Antonelli is entering her 34th college basketball season on-air as a Basketball Analyst for multiple networks. She also is on-air talent for WNBA games and has been the main play-by-play voice for the Indiana Fever
- A graduate and member of the North Carolina State University (1983-1986) women’s basketball program, where she participated in four NCAA Tournaments and appeared in two Sweet Sixteen, where she served as team captain
- After graduating from NC State, Antonelli moved on to Ohio University, where she earned her master’s degree in sports administration. After earning her master’s degree, she becomes Director of Marketing at the University of Kentucky, followed by the Ohio State University
- When she arrived at the Ohio State University as Director of Marketing, Ohio State did not have any televised women’s sports. She arranged a deal with a local station to air eight women’s games per season, gathered the needed sponsors to produce those games, and as a bonus, became the play-by-play voice for those games.
- Announced Ohio State women’s games for five years while also serving as an analyst for Dayton Flyer’s men’s basketball games for three years.
- The first female analyst in 22 years on NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament for CBS/Turner Sports (2017 to present)
- Has conducted media training, team building workshops, and seminars with over 50 Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Programs teaching the 4B’s of communications
- An Inductee of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2021
- Received the 2007 Mel Greenberg Media Award as well as the 2000 ACC Distinguished Service Award
- A member of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund Board of Directors/Executive Committee since its inception 13 years ago
- In 2016, she created the “Antonelli’s Girls Only Sports Camp” in Mount Pleasant, SC, which introduces girls to twenty different sports, peer-pressure free
- A two-time Emmy Award winner and Gracie Award Winner for her work in broadcasting basketball
- Antonelli is the voice of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, and she has been the WBHOF Induction Ceremony Emcee
Debbie Antonelli
Antonelli is entering her 34th college basketball season on-air as...
DeLisha Milton-Jones
- A graduate and member of the University of Florida women’s basketball program, helping the Gators to four straight NCAA tournament appearances, and ending on one of the most remarkable collegiate careers at Florida totaling 1,858 career points.
- In 1997, was the winner of the Wade Trophy, Honda Sports Award for Basketball, SEC Player of the Year, and SEC First-team All-American
- Recognized as an All-American by the Associated Press, Kodak, and the Basketball Times as a senior at the University of Florida
- Inducted into the University of Florida Athletics Hall of Fame in 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 league history for most games played in the league with 499, which was later broken by current WNBA player Sue Bird
- Helped lead the Los Angeles Sparks to back-to-back WNBA Championships (2001,2002)
- Named a 3-time WNBA All-Star (2000, 2004, 2007) and currently ranked as the 16th player in WNBA history with 5,571 career points
- Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, first gold medal won in Sydney, Australia (2000), and second gold medal in Beijing, China (2008)
- A two-time 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 in 1997
- Aside from her professional playing career with the WNBA, Milton-Jones also made numerous stops internationally in Spain, Italy, Turkey, South Korea, the Czech Republic, and Russia
- Awarded the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award during her professional career
- Milton-Jones retired from playing in 2016 and is currently the head coach for Old Dominion University women’s basketball program
DeLisha Milton-Jones
A graduate and member of the University of Florida women’s...