Class of 2016 – Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Natalie Williams

2x Kodak All-American while at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
First woman to earn All-American honors in both basketball and volleyball in the same year
Averaged a career double-double and holds the highest career rebounding average in PAC-10 history
1994 PAC-10 Player of the Year (1994)
1st team All-PAC-10 (1992, 1993, 1994)
3x All-WNBA 1st team selection
3x WNBA All-Star
2x All-ABL 1st team selection and the ABL MVP (1998)
Olympic Gold Medalist (2000)
2x World Championships Gold Medalist (1998, 2002)
USAB Female Athlete of the Year (1999)
Named the 2nd greatest athlete from Utah by Sports Illustrated

Served as a member of the USA Women’s Basketball Games committee
Member of Staff Selection Sub-Committee of USA Basketball (1988-1996)
Chairman of AAU Girls Basketball (1979-1991)
Tournament director for 75 AAU Girls Basketball National Tournaments and assisted in at least 40 other AAU National Tournaments
Tournament director for Southeastern and Tennessee AAU Girls Basketball Tournaments
Volunteered with AAU Girls Basketball for 36 years
Inducted into the AAU Volunteer Hall of Fame (2001)
President’s National Leadership Award honoree (1987)
Received multiple awards including the Sears Award (1984), the Cartwright Award (1981), and the Spark Plug Award (1957)
The bookstore at Motlow College was named in his honor (1989)
Served on the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Directors

Retired as the all-time leading scorer in Division I women’s basketball with 3,393 points
First and only Division I women’s basketball player to score more than 1,000 points in a single season
Kodak All-American and Wade Trophy award recipient (2001)
4x Missouri Valley Conference 1st team selection and 3x Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year
Scored 56 points, which stands as fourth highest number of points in a single Division I game (2000)
Honda Awards program Player of the Year (2001)
Fourth overall in the WNBA draft (2001)
WNBA Rookie of the Year and WNBA All-Star (2001)
WBCA All-American and the MVP of the WBCA High School All-American game
Stiles helped guide USA Basketball to the Jr World Championship gold medal (1997) and Jones Cup gold medal (2000)
Inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (2007) and the National High School Hall of Fame (2015)

Compiled a 1261-117 record in 38 years
Won 1,000 games before losing 100 games
Led Nazareth and Canyon High Schools to 18 State Championships
In his first year of coaching at Nazareth High School, he guided his team to the State title
USA Today Coach of the Year (2003)
WBCA National High School Coach of the Year (2003)
Max Preps National Coach of the Year (2011)
Over 100 of his high school players have received college scholarships
Morgan Wooten Special Achievement Award from Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame (2015)
Distinguished Alumni Award Harley Redin Coach Award recipient from Wayland Baptist University
Inducted into the Texas Basketball Hall of Fame (2007) and the Texas Girls Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2008)
Named by Amarillo Globe News as one of the 100 Best Sports Legends of the 20th Century
Canyon’s Citizen of the Year (2003)

45 years’ experience in women’s basketball officiating
Officiated WNBA games (1997-2011), including 13 WNBA Finals and two WNBA All-Star games
Courteau officiated in 12 NCAA Women’s Final Fours, including 5 National Championship games
Participated in 20 NCAA Division I Championships and is currently the NCAA Coordinator of Officials
Courteau was the Naismith Official of the Year (1989) and Atlantic Coast Conference Official of the Year (1990)
Jostens-Berenson Lifetime Achievement Award (2013)
Official for the Olympic games (1992), Pan American games (1991), and World Championship tournament (1989)
Minnesota Girls & Women in Sports award (1998)
Officiated for 2 years in the American Basketball League (ABL), including the ABL Championship game

Head coach of the University of Oklahoma women’s basketball team.
She took over a program that went 15-18 the year before she arrived in 1996
NCAA National Championship game (2002)
442-217 overall record in 20 years
17 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, including nine Sweet 16 appearances and three Final Four appearances
6x Big 12 regular season champions and 4x Big 12 tournament champions
4x Big 12 Coach of the Year
Coached 6 players who were named Big 12 Player of the Year, 4 players named 1st team All-American, and 14 players selected in the WNBA draft
Guided Norman High School to two Class 6A state championships
Region, All-State and Big All-City High School Coach of the Year (1993)
Guided US Basketball to the World University Game gold medal (2013)
Served on USA Basketball Women’s Collegiate Committee (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)