Class of 2024

Roonie Scovel

  • Head Coach at Gulf Coast State College from 1996-2012 and 2014-2022
  • Compiled an overall record of 646-91 (.877)
  • Won 90-straight games during the 2000-2004 seasons
  • Won six National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national championships (2003, 2008, 2010, 2016-2017, 2019)
  • Six-time NJCAA National Coach of the Year (2003, 2008, 2010, 2016-2017, 2019)
  • NJCAA national runner-up in 2004, third nationally in 2002, fourth nationally in 1999 and 2018
  • Three-time Spalding coach of the year (2016, 2017, 2019)
  • Named the 2019 US Marine Corps / WBCA Two-Year College Coach of the Year
  • Won 18 conference championships and 14 regional titles
  • Played for the Florida Gators from 1980-1984 and was the captain for the 1983-1984 season
  • Received the Pat Summitt Trophy in 2019
  • Accumulated 500+ victories in her career

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Sue Phillips

  • Compiled an 810-138 record in 31 years at Archbishop Mitty High School
  • Guided team to 72 titles (26 league, 24 CCS, 15 NorCal, 6 state, 1 national)
  • Named Naismith Coach of the Year and WBCA Coach of the Year in 2018
  • Coached the FIBA Americas Gold Medal Championship team in 2013 and the World Champions Gold Medal Championship Team in 2014
  • Two-time USA Basketball Developmental Coach of the Year (2013-2014)
  • 2013 and 2021 U16 FIBA Americas Championship – gold medal
  • 2014 U17 World Cup head coach – gold medal
  • Will lead the 2023 and 2024 USA Women’s Nike Hoop Summit Teams
  • Named the 1999 Student Sports Magazine National Coach of the Year
  • Received the 2019 Gatorade Coaching Excellence Award
  • 1999-2000 season, she coached Archbishop Mitty to a 31-0 season

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Violet Palmer

  • Led Cal Poly Pomona to four NCAA Division II Tournament appearances (1982-1986)
  • Two-time NCAA Division II national champion (1985-1986)
  • 20+ year veteran official at the NCAA, WNBA, and NBA level
  • Spent nine seasons officiating at the collegiate level, including five NCAA Women’s Final Fours and two national championship games
  • Spent thirteen seasons on the NBA’s officiating roster
  • Officiated more than seven hundred regular season NBA games
  • Officiated the 1997 WNBA Championship
  • Named the 1999 Naismith Award Women’s Official of the Year
  • Selected to officiate in the 1996 NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament
  • Named coordinator of women’s basketball officials for the West Coast Conference (2009) and Pac-12 Conference (2010)
  • Currently the Big West Conference Women’s Basketball Coordinator of Officials
  • 2023 National Association of Sports Officials (NASO) “Gold Whistle Award” winner

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Maya Moore

  • Led Connecticut to an astonishing 150-4 (.974) record during her four years, including a ninety-game win streak that spanned three seasons
  • Participated in four Final Fours, including two national championships (2009, 2010), and was named the 2010 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player
  • Won 4 Big East Conference regular season and Conference Tournament titles
  • The ninth leading scorer in NCAA history with 3,036 points
  • Four-time Associated Press and WBCA / State Farm first-team All-American
  • Unanimous National Player of the Year (2009, 2011) and the first three-time winner of the State Farm Wade Trophy
  • Four-time WNBA Champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017), WNBA Finals MVP in 2013, WNBA MVP in 2014
  • All-WNBA First Team (2013-2017), All-WNBA Second Team (2012, 2018), WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2014, 2017), WNBA All-Star (2011, 2013-2015, 2017-2018), WNBA Rookie of the Year (2011)
  • Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist (2012, 2016) and FIBA World Championships Gold Medalist (2010, 2014)
  • One of only ten players to have earned a World Championship gold medal, Olympic Gold medal, NCAA championship and WNBA championship

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Taj McWilliams Franklin

  • NAIA All-American at St. Edward’s University (1992-1993)
  • All-time leading scorer (1,837) at St. Edward’s in just three years
  • 1993 NAIA National Player of the Year
  • 1999 inducted into the St. Edward’s Athletic Hall of Fame
  • Played three years (1996-1998) in the American Basketball League (ABL) and 14 years in the WNBA (1999-2012).
  • Led the Connecticut Sun to the WNBA Finals (2004-2005)
  • 2011 WNBA champion with the Detroit Shock and 2012 WNBA Finals runner-up
  • Second Team All-WNBA in 2005
  • Six-time WNBA All-Star
  • 2004 recipient of the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award
  • Played professionally in Wolfenbuttel, Germany (1993-1994), Contern, Luxembourg (1994-1995), and Galilee, Israel (1995-1996) before the ABL and WNBA
  • 1998 World Championship team Gold Medalist
  • Currently the WNBA Player Relations & Development Manager
  • Holds the all-time WNBA record for offensive rebounds at 1062

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Rita Gail Easterling

  • At Mississippi College (1973-1977), helped lead her team to the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Championship three times (1974, 1976-1977), including a runner-up finish in 1977
  • First-team Kodak All-American (1977)
  • All-time career assists record at Mississippi College with 520
  • Still holds season records for field goals attempted and assists
  • Member of the Women’s Professional Basketball League’s (WBL’s) Chicago Hustle (1978-1981)
  • Played in the WBL’s inaugural game and was the MVP of the WPBL All-Star Game in 1979
  • WPBL All-Pro (1979-1980)
  • Top five in all-time WBL assists
  • Member of the 1975 Pan American Games championship team, the 1976 US National Women’s Basketball Team, and Silver Medalist in the 1977 World University Games
  • Named one of ESPN’s Top 25 Women’s College Basketball Players of Pre-NCAA era
  • 2006 inductee to the Mississippi College Athletic Hall of Fame and 2011 inductee of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame
  • Selected by the Jackson, MS Clarion-Ledger as one of the top 5 female basketball players from Mississippi

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Seimone Augustus

  • Led Louisiana State (LSU) to a 121-19 (.864) overall record, including the 2003 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Tournament crown and the 2005 SEC regular season title, 2003 Elite 8, and three consecutive Final Fours (2004-2006)
  • Two-time All-American, Wooden Award, Wade Trophy, Naismith College Player of the Year, Consensus National Player of the Year (2005-2006)
  • SEC Female Athlete of the Year (2005-2006) and Freshman of the Year (2003)
  • All-SEC First Team (2004-2006), four-time SEC All-Tournament Team
  • Led the nation in scoring (22.7 ppg) in 2005-2006
  • Was drafted #1 in 2006 by the Minnesota Lynx
  • WNBA Rookie of the Year in 2006
  • Four-time WNBA Champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017), WNBA Finals MVP in 2011
  • All WNBA First Team (2012) and Second Team (2006-2007, 2011, 2013-2015)
  • WNBA All-Star (2006-2007, 2011, 2013-2015, 2017-2018)
  • 2003 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year and MVP of the 2003 World Championship for Young Women (U21)
  • Three-time Olympic Gold Medalist (2008, 2012, 2016)

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