Class of 2012 – Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Dawn Staley

During college, she led her team to three Final Fours, en route to being named the 1991 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player
She was a two-time ACC Player of the Year, two-time National Player of the Year, and three-time Kodak All-American
She is the only player in ACC history to finish her career with more than 2,000 points, 700 rebounds, 700 assists, and 400 steals
Named the 1991 Sports Illustrated Player of the Year and the 1991 Honda-Broderick Cup Award for Collegiate Female Athlete of the Year
In 2002, she was named to the ACC’s 50th Anniversary Women’s Basketball Team
She was a five time WNBA All-Star and was named to the WNBA All-Decade Team
Helped lead the USA Women’s Basketball Team to three gold medals in 1996, 2000, and 2004
She was named the 1994 and 2004 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year
In 2008, she was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
Currently, she is the head women’s basketball coach at the University of South Carolina

Started her TV career as a sports reporter in Hattiesburg, MS and since then has won numerous awards for her outstanding coverage of news events
In 1987 she was awarded the “Nashville Scene” Sportscaster of the Year
She joined ESPN in 1990 earning three Emmy Awards for her work
From 1996 to 2002 she served as the ESPN studio host for the NCAA Women’s Final Four
She was the 2001 WBCA Mel Greenberg Media Award winner, the 2004 Billie Jean King Contribution Award winner, and the 2008 WNBA Inspiration Award recipient
She has received awards and honors from the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the Congressional Families Cancer Prevention Program, and Gilda’s Club
Currently, She is the anchor of ABC’s “Good Morning America” show, where she has won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Morning program
In 2006, she was named one of the NCAA’s 100 Most Influential Student-Athletes, and in 2001 she was named a “Louisiana Legend” by Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Played college basketball at Southeastern Louisiana University finishing her career as one of the school’s all-time leading scorers (1,446) and rebounders (1,034)

A four year starter at Old Dominion University, she led her team to two AIAW National Championships in 1979 and 1980
She was ODU’s team MVP for three years (1978, 1979, 1980)
A 1980 Kodak All-American and a two-time finalist for the Wade Trophy
She finished her career at Old Dominion as the school’s all-time leader in points with 2,647 and rebounds with 1,459
She was one of the top amateur players in Europe, winning 5 national championships {Denmark (1972), Norway (1973), France (1974, 1975, 1985)}
Played professionally in the WBL in 1980
Inducted into the Old Dominion Hall of Fame in 1985
She was selected to ODU’s All-Time Lady Monarchs squad, and her jersey, #42, is one of only five numbers to be retired at ODU
She was honored as ESPN.com’s top 25 players of the pre-NCAA era in 2006

She helped led University of Southern California to back-to-back NCAA Division I National titles in 1983 and 1984
She was a 1984 Kodak All-American, a finalist for the 1983 Wade Trophy, and a finalist for the 1984 Naismith Award
Three-time All-NCAA First Team selection
Ranks second in rebounds and fourth in points in USC history
In her 127 game career with USC, she averaged 17.4 points, 9.9 rebounds, and shot 58 percent from the field
Helped lead USA Basketball to its first ever gold medal in the1984 Olympics
She played professionally in Brazil, Spain, Italy, and Sicily and was a four-time Italian League All-Star
She was a first round draft pick in the inaugural season of the WNBA, and she is the first WNBA player to have a son play in the NBA
She was inducted into the Greater Flint Afro-American Hall of Fame in 2000
Won a Pan-American Gold Medal and the World Championship in 1983
Has a high school still standing record of 75-0 wins at Flint Northern High School in Flint, Michigan

A two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and three-time WNBA All-Star, she finished her WNBA career with 2,528 points
She was the 1996-97 ABL Most Valuable Player, leading the Columbus Quest to the 1996-97 League Championship
In college, she led the University of Tennessee to four NCAA tournament appearances and two SEC tournament championships
A two-time Kodak All-American, Naismith All-American, and SEC Player of the Year (1994, 1995)
She help guide USA Basketball to the 1993 FIBA Americas Championship, and the 1998 FIBA World Championship
She was a core group member of the 1998 USA Basketball Women’s Senior National Team
Finished her college career with 1,572 points
Currently, she is an assistant coach for the University of South Carolina

As the head coach at Washington University in Saint Louis, she has led the Bears to five NCAA Division III National Championships including back-to-back undefeated national championships in 1999 and 2000
Named the 2000 and 2011 WBCA Division III Coach of the Year
She has led her teams to the NCAA Division III tournament 23 times, reaching the Final Four 10 times
She ranks third among all active NCAA coaches with an .849 career winning percentage
Led the Bears to the second-longest winning streak in NCAA women’s basketball history at 81 games in a row
She has won 19 University Athletic Association titles
Named to the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball anniversary team
She has been the D3Hoops.com Coach of the Year twice, and was named the 1998-99 Division III Coach of the Year by Columbus Multimedia
Earned four varsity letters at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and was the team captain her senior season