Class of 2018 – Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Tina Thompson

Pac-10 Freshman of the Year while at the University of Southern California
3x Pac-10 first team (1995, 1996, 1997)
Thompson was the number one pick in the inaugural 1997 WNBA draft
4x WNBA Champion with the Houston Comets (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
3x WNBA first team selection (1997, 1998, 2004)
9x WNBA All-Star (1999-2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013)
WNBA top 15 players of all time (2011) and was one of the WNBA top 20 players of all time (2016)
Thompson was the all-time leading scorer in WNBA history when she retired (2013)
2x Olympic Gold Medalist (2004, 2008)
California AAA Player of the Year (1993)

2x Kodak/WBCA All-American (1993, 1996)
Big Ten Player of the Year at Ohio State (1996)
Led Ohio State to the Big Ten Championship (1993)
2x WNBA Champion (2006, 2008)
WNBA Finals MVP (2008)
WNBA top 15 players of all time (2011) and was named one of the WNBA top 20 players of all time (2016)
2x WNBA First Team selection (2001, 2003)
7x WNBA All-Star (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009)
WNBA Scoring Champion (2001)
2x ABL Champion in (1997, 1998)
3x Olympic Gold Medalist with Team USA (2000, 2004, 2008)
In high school, she was a WBCA All-American and the Gatorade National Player of the Year (1992)

All-time leading scorer and rebounder at Tennessee in men’s or women’s basketball
All-time leading scorer in SEC women’s basketball
2x AP Player of the Year and Naismith College Player of the Year (1998, 1999)
3x NCAA National Champion (1996, 1997, 1998)
4x Kodak/WBCA All-American and 2x Naismith Player of the Year
Honda-Broderick Award winner, and was named the James E. Sullivan award winner for top amateur athlete in the U.S. (1998)
WNBA Rookie of the Year (1999)
6x WNBA All-Star (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)
WNBA Scoring Champion (2002) and was the WNBA Rebounding Champion (2002, 2003)
Olympic Gold Medalist in Sydney (2000)
WBCA All-American in high school (1995)

Overall record as an assistant coach is 848-209
6x NCAA National Champion as an assistant coach for Tennessee, including 12 NCAA Final Four appearances
11x SEC regular season champion with Tennessee
10x SEC tournament champion with Tennessee
Developed eleven Lady Vols into WBCA All-Americans and three Naismith Players of the Year
Coached seven Lady Vols into U.S. Olympians
WBCA NCAA Division I Assistant Coach of the Year (2000)
Women’s Basketball Journal Top Assistant Coach in the Country (1998)
Assistant coach for the Indiana Fever for two years, guiding them to the WNBA Championship in 2012
Worked as an assistant coach under four Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame coaches (Pat Summitt, Joe Ciampi, Gail Goestenkors, and Lin Dunn)

Assistant/ Associate Head coach at the University of Connecticut
Guided the Huskies to a 1027-136 overall record
11 NCAA National Championships, including a record four consecutive Championships
Coached nineteen Huskies into First Team All-Americans and eight National Players of the Year
Developed seven Huskies into National Scholar Athletes of the Year
24 conference regular season championships and 23 conference tournament championships
Margo Dydek Award recipient (2017)
Played for the Rutgers, serving as the team captain her junior and senior seasons where the team won the AIAW National Championship (1982)
Girl Scouts Women of Merit Award recipient (2000)
Inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and the New England Basketball Hall of Fame

Overall record of 702-240-2 in 38 years of coaching
.745 winning percentage as a head coach
Coached Paramus Catholic High School to two consecutive state championships
10 Garden State Athletic Conference Championships, 4 Region XIX Championships, and 4 NJCAA Final Four appearances with Bergen Community College
3x Garden State Athletic Conference Coach of the Year three times and 2x NJCAA Region XIX Coach of the Year
Stayfree National Coach of the Year (1979)
WBCA Jostens-Berenson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient (1998)
New Jersey Collegiate Basketball Coaches Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient (2000)
Inducted into numerous Halls of Fame, including the NJCAA Hall of Fame (1999) and the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Hall of Fame (1996)

All-time coaching record of 510-284 in 26 seasons
Twelve NCAA tournament appearances, six Sweet 16, and three Elite Eight appearances
4x Big Eight Coach of the Year (1989, 1993, 1994, 1995)
U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Coach of the Year and Basketball Times Magazine Coach of the Year (1994)
4x Big 8 regular season conference champion with the University of Colorado (1989, 1993-1995)
4x Big 8 tournament champion (1989, 1992, 1995, 1996)
24th coach in women’s NCAA history to reach 500 career wins
WBCA Carol Eckman Award recipient (1995)
Head coach of the U.S. Junior World Championship qualifying team that captured a gold medal (2004)
Assistant coach on the 1996 U.S. Olympic team that claimed the gold medal in Atlanta
Inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame (2006) and into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame (2010)