Class of 2018 – Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Tina Thompson

Thompson was the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year while at the University of Southern California
She was named to the Pac-10 first team three times while at the University of Southern California (1995, 1996, 1997)
Thompson was the number one pick in the inaugural 1997 WNBA draft
She helped guide the Houston Comets to the first four WNBA Championships (1997-2000)
Thompson was a three-time WNBA first team selection and was a WNBA All-Star nine times
She was named one of the WNBA top 15 players of all time in 2011 and was named one of the WNBA top 20 players of all time in 2016
Thompson was the all-time leading scorer in WNBA history
She helped guide USA Basketball to two gold medals in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics
In high school, Thompson was named the California AAA Player of the Year in 1993

Smith was a two-time Kodak/WBCA All-American (1993, 1996) and Big Ten Player of the Year (1996) while at Ohio State
She helped lead Ohio State to the Big Ten Championship in 1993
Smith led Detroit Shock to two WNBA Championships on 2006 and 2008 and was named the 2008 WNBA Finals MVP
She was named one of the WNBA top 15 players of all time in 2011 and was named one of the WNBA top 20 players of all time in 2016
Smith was a two-time WNBA first team selection and was a WNBA All-Star seven times
While with the Minnesota Lynx, she was the WNBA Scoring Champion in 2001
Smith helped guide the Columbus Quest to two ABL Championships in 1997 and 1998
She helped guide USA Basketball to three gold medals in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics
In high school, she was a WBCA All-American and the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 1992

Holdsclaw is the all-time leading scorer and rebounder at Tennessee in men’s or women’s basketball
She is also the all-time leading scorer in SEC women’s basketball
Holdsclaw guided the Lady Vols to three NCAA National Championships (1996, 1997, 1998)
She was a four-time Kodak/WBCA All-American and two-time Naismith Player of the Year
Holdsclaw was named the Honda-Broderick Award winner in 1998 and was named the James E. Sullivan award winner for top amateur athlete in the U.S. in 1998
She was named WNBA Rookie of the Year in 1999 and was a WNBA All-Star six times
Holdsclaw was the WNBA Scoring Champion in 2002 and was the WNBA Rebounding Champion in 2002 and 2003
She helped guide USA Basketball to a gold medal in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney
Holdsclaw was a WBCA All-American in high school in 1995

DeMoss’s overall record as an assistant coach is 848-209
As an assistant coach, she helped guide Tennessee to six NCAA National Championships including 12 NCAA Final Four appearances
DeMoss also helped guide Tennessee to 11 SEC regular season championships and 10 SEC tournament championships.
She has helped develop 11 Lady Vols into WBCA All-Americans and three Naismith Players of the Year
DeMoss also helped develop 7 Lady Vols into U.S. Olympians
She was named the WBCA NCAA Division I Assistant Coach of the Year in 2000
In 1998, DeMoss was named the Women’s Basketball Journal Top Assistant Coach in the Country
She was an assistant coach for the Indiana Fever for two years, guiding them to the 2012 WNBA Championship
DeMoss has worked as an assistant coach under four Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame coaches (Pat Summitt, Joe Ciampi, Gail Goestenkors, and Lin Dunn)

As Connecticut’s top assistant coach for the last 32 years, Dailey has guided the Huskies to a 1027-136 overall record
She has helped guide Connecticut to 11 NCAA National Championships including a record four-straight
Dailey has helped develop 19 Huskies into First Team All-Americans and eight National Players of the Year
She also helped develop 7 Huskies into National Scholar Athletes of the Year
She helped guide the Huskies to 24 conference regular season championships and 23 conference tournament championships
Dailey was the 2017 recipient of the Margo Dydek Award
She was a four-year forward for Rutgers serving as the team captain her junior and senior seasons guiding the scarlet knights to the 1982 AIAW National Championship
Dailey was a recipient of the 2000 Girl Scouts Women of Merit Award, given to women who best exemplify the qualities of a Girl Scout
She has been inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and the New England Basketball Hall of Fame

Battaglia has posted an overall record of 702-240-2 in 38 years of coaching
She has an overall career winning percentage of .745 as a head coach
She led Paramus Catholic High School (Paramus, New Jersey) to two consecutive state championships
Battaglia led Bergen Community College to 10 Garden State Athletic Conference Championships, four Region XIX Championships, and four NJCAA Final Four appearances
She was named Garden State Athletic Conference Coach of the Year three times and NJCAA Region XIX Coach of the Year twice
Battaglia was named the 1998 WBCA Jostens-Berenson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
In 2000, she was named the New Jersey Collegiate Basketball Coaches Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
Battaglia was named the 1979 Stayfree National Coach of the Year
She has been inducted into numerous halls of fames including the NJCAA Hall of Fame in 1999 and the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1996.

Barry has an all-time coaching record of 510-284 in 26 seasons with 12 NCAA tournament appearances, including six Sweet 16, and three Elite Eight appearances
She has been named Big Eight Coach of the Year four times (1989, 1993, 1994, 1995)
In 1994, Barry was named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association National Coach of the Year and Basketball Times Magazine Coach of the Year
She led the University of Colorado to four Big 8 regular season conference titles and four Big 8 tournament titles
Barry became the 24th coach in women’s NCAA history to reach 500 career wins
She was named the 1995 WBCA Carol Eckman Award recipient
Barry was the 2004 head coach of the U.S. Junior World Championship qualifying team that captured the gold medal
She was the assistant coach on the 1996 U.S. Olympic team that claimed the gold medal in Atlanta
Barry was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 2006 and into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010