Class of 2024 – Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

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 at Gulf Coast State College (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004)
Won six National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Championships (2003, 2008, 2010, 2016-2017, 2019)
6x NJCAA National Coach of the Year (2003, 2008, 2010, 2016-2017, 2019)
NJCAA national runner-up (2004), third nationally (2002), fourth nationally (1999, 2018)
3x Spalding Coach of the Year (2016, 2017, 2019)
Named the US Marine Corps / WBCA Two-Year College Coach of the Year (2019)
Won 18 conference championships and 14 regional titles
Played for the Florida Gators from (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984) and was the captain for the 1983-1984 season
Received the Pat Summitt Trophy (2019)
Accumulated 500+ victories in her career

Compiled an 810-138 record in 31 years at Archbishop Mitty High School (1992-2024)
Guided team to 72 titles (26 league, 24 CCS, 15 NorCal, 6 state, 1 national)
Coached Archbishop Mitty to a 31-0 season (1999, 2000)
Named the Student Sports Magazine National Coach of the Year (1999)
Naismith Coach of the Year and WBCA Coach of the Year (2018)
Coached the FIBA Americas Gold Medal Championship team (2013), and the World Champions Gold Medal Championship Team (2014)
2x USA Basketball Developmental Coach of the Year (2013, 2014)
U16 FIBA Americas Championship Gold Medal winner (2013, 2021)
U17 World Cup Gold Medal winner (2014)
Received the Gatorade Coaching Excellence Award (2019)
Coached the USA Women’s Nike Hoop Summit Teams (2023, 2024)

Four NCAA Division II Tournament appearances with Cal Poly Pomona (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)
2x 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 (2006-2016)
Selected to officiate in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament (1996)
Officiated the WNBA Championship (1997)
Named the Naismith Award Women’s Official of the Year (1999)
Named coordinator of women’s basketball officials for the West Coast Conference (2009) and Pac-12 Conference (2010)
National Association of Sports Officials (NASO) “Gold Whistle Award” winner (2023)
Currently the Big West Conference Women’s Basketball Coordinator of Officials

150-4 (.974) record with Connecticut during her four years, including a ninety-game win streak that spanned three seasons (2008, 2009, 2010)
Participated in four Final Fours (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), including two national championships (2009, 2010), and was named the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2010)
4x Big East Conference regular season and Conference Tournament title winner (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
The ninth leading scorer in NCAA history with 3,036 points
4x Associated Press and WBCA / State Farm first-team All-American (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
2x National Player of the Year (2009, 2011) and the first 3x winner of the State Farm Wade Trophy (2009, 2010, 2011)
WNBA Rookie of the Year (2011)
4x WNBA Champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
WNBA Finals MVP (2013) and WNBA MVP (2014)
All-WNBA First Team (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
All-WNBA Second Team (2012, 2018)
WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2014, 2017)
WNBA All-Star (2011, 2013-2015, 2017, 2018)
2x 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

NAIA All-American at St. Edward’s University (1992, 1993)
All-time leading scorer (1,837) at St. Edward’s
NAIA National Player of the Year (1993)
Inducted into the St. Edward’s Athletic Hall of Fame (1999)
Played three years in the American Basketball League (ABL) (1996, 1997, 1998) and fourteen years in the WNBA (1999-2012).
WNBA Finals Appearance with the Connecticut Sun (2004, 2005)
WNBA champion with the Detroit Shock (2011) and WNBA Finals runner-up (2012)
Second Team All-WNBA (2005)
6x WNBA All-Star (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007)
Recipient of the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (2004)
Played professionally in Wolfenbüttel, Germany (1993, 1994), Contern, Luxembourg (1994, 1995), and Galilee, Israel (1995, 1996) before the ABL and WNBA
World Championship team Gold Medalist (1998)
Currently the WNBA Player Relations & Development Manager
Holds the all-time WNBA record for offensive rebounds at 1062

3x AIAW Championship title winner at Mississippi College (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, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Played in the WBL’s inaugural game (1978)
MVP of the WPBL All-Star Game (1979)
WPBL All-Pro (1979, 1980)
Top five in all-time WBL assists
Member of the Pan American Games championship team (1975), the US National Women’s Basketball Team (!976), and Silver Medalist in the World University Games (1977)
Named one of ESPN’s Top 25 Women’s College Basketball Players of Pre-NCAA era
Inductee of the Mississippi College Athletic Hall of Fame (2006)
Inductee of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (2011)
Selected by the Jackson, MS Clarion-Ledger as one of the top 5 female basketball players from Mississippi

121-19 (.864) overall record at LSU, including the 2003 SEC Tournament crown and the 2005 SEC regular season title, 2003 Elite 8, and three consecutive Final Fours (2004, 2005, 2006)
SEC Freshman of the Year (2003)
2x All-American (2005, 2006)
2x Wooden Award Winner (2005, 2006)
2x Wade Trophy Winner (2005, 2006)
2x Naismith College Player of the Year (2005, 2006)
2x Consensus National Player of the Year (2005, 2006)
SEC Female Athlete of the Year (2005-2006)
All-SEC First Team (2004-2006)
Led the nation in scoring (22.7 ppg) (2005, 2006)
Drafted #1 by the Minnesota Lynx (2006)
WNBA Rookie of the Year (2006)
4x WNBA Champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
WNBA Finals MVP (2011)
All WNBA First Team (2012) and Second Team (2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)
WNBA All-Star (2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018)
USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year and MVP of the World Championship for Young Women (U21) (2003)
3x Olympic Gold Medalist (2008, 2012, 2016)