Class of 2025 – Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Danielle Donehew

Executive Director of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association 2014-present
Established and launched WBCA Enterprises, LLC. to expand the nonprofit coaches’ association into a for-profit business space.
WBCA recipient of the 2023 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Trailblazer Award for their contribution to women’s basketball
Created “Naismith Starting 5” position player awards (2018) which are presented in partnership with the NMBHOF and WBCA to the top college women’s basketball players in the country.
Built new WBCA game events, MTE in Orlando, and Invitational Class in Las Vegas.
Advanced women’s basketball through her leadership at Georgia Tech, the University of Tennessee, the WNBA Atlanta Dream, the Big East Conference, the American Athletic Conference, and the WBCA.
Named to Georgia Tech’s 70 Most Influential Women Graduates of all time.
Established the Danielle M. Donehew Women’s Basketball Scholarship at Georgia Tech (2015)
Recognized as an ACC Legend in 2013
Board Member of the WBHOF, NMBHOF, Kay Yow Cancer Fund, Pat Summitt Foundation, and Pat Summitt Leadership Group.
Represents the coaching community on various NCAA committees
Leads a 4,000+ membership of the WBCA.

In his 26^th season (1999-present) as head coach of Division II Union University (Jackson, TN)
Overall record of 742-116
Named Director of Athletics at Union in 2023
Won NAIA National Championships in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010.
NAIA Hall of Fame and the Jackson-Madison County Sports Hall of Fame
2019 USA Development Coach of the Year
48 Consecutive #1 Rankings in the NAIA national poll. (2007-2011)
NAIA National Coach of the Year (2005, 2006 2009, 2010)
2x NAIA WBCA Coach of the Year (2004, 2008)
Fastest coach in college basketball to both 600 and 700 wins.
19 Regular season conference titles and 14 conference tournament titles
Named Gulf South Conference Coach of the year five times (2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022)
Named Gulf South Conference Coach of the Decade and Tennessee Sports Writers Coach of the Year

1962-1966 Head Coach, West Chester State College, record 52-2.
1968-1980 and 1981-1982 Head Coach at Queens College (HY), the record 259-71, had an193 81% winning percentage in a collegiate career (311-73)
1973 AIAW National Championship versus Immaculata beat previously undefeated Immaculata before a crowd of over 3,300 with national media coverage.
1975 Historic game at Madison Square Garden, the first women’s collegiate basketball game played at the Garden, with over 12,000 spectators.
1976 Lady Champion Sportswear National Coach of the Year
1972-1976 AIAW Basketball Committee, Chair 1976-1979
1969-1971 AAU/Division of Girl’s and Women in Sports (DGWS) Women’s Basketball Rules Committee (moved the women’s game to the “Rover” game and next step towards 5-on-5)
Inducted into the Springfield College Athletic Hall of Fame, Queens College Athletics Hall of Fame, New York City Basketball Hall of Fame, West Chester College Hall of Fame
The Queens College Fitzgerald Gymnasium is named the “Lucille Kyvallos Court.”
1977 Head Coach of the US Women’s Team in 1977 at the World University Games, winning Silver
1969-1972 and 1974-1976 US Olympic Committee Member

Led Rutgers University to a 97-22 record and back-to-back Big East Championships in 2005 and 2006
2005 Elite Eight appearance with Rutgers.
2003 Big East Rookie of the Year
2006 Big East Player of the Year
2006 Women’s Basketball News Service National Player of the Year
2nd overall pick in WNBA Draft (2006)
2x WNBA Champion (2007, 2009)
WNBA Finals MVP (2007)
7x WNBA All-Star (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)
WNBA 15^th, 20^th and 25^th Anniversary Teams
2008 Olympic Gold Medalist
4x Turkish National League (2007, 2008, 2012. 2013)
4x Turkish President Cup winner (2007, 2008, 2012, 2013)
3x Russian Cup Winner (2009, 2010, 2011)

2007 Kodak All-American, SEC All-Tournament Team, First-team All-American (ESPN.com, Wooden Award, USBWA), and First-Team All-SEC
2008 SEC Player of the Year (LSU)
2008 NCAA Women’s Final Four (LSU)
#34 Jersey retired by LSU Lady Tigers
2x WNBA Champion (2015, 2017)
2x WNBA Finals MVP (2015, 2017)
8x WNBA All-Star (2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
3x WNBA First Team (2010, 2013, 2017)
8x WNBA Defensive First Team (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021,2022)
WNBA 25^TH Anniversary Team (2021)
4x USA Olympic Gold Medalist (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
World Champion Gold Medal (2010)
2x Europe SuperCup winner (2009, 2010)
2x EuroLeague Champion (2009, 2010)

2x National Champion at UConn (2000, 2002)
3x Nancy Lieberman Award (2000, 2001, 2002)
2002 Naismith College Player of the Year, USBWA Women’s National Player of the Year, and Senior CLASS Award.
2002 Big East Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Year
4x WNBA champion (2004, 2010, 2018, 2020)
12x WNBA All-Star (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
5x All-WNBA First Team (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2016)
WNBA All-Decade Team 2006, named to the Top 10 Players from the first 10 Years
WNBA Top 15 Players of All-Time 2011, named to the Top 15 players from the first 15 years.
WNBA All-Time leader in seasons played, games played, assisted leader, minutes played, turnovers.
5x USA Olympic Gold Medalist (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
4x FIBA World Cup Gold Medalist (2002, 2010, 2014, 2018)
5x Euro League Women’s Champion (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013)
2002 ESPY Award – Best Female College Athlete
#10 Jersey Retired by the UConn Huskies

Kodak All-American, AP All-American, and Women’s Basketball News Service All-American at Duke in 2002,2003 and 2004
ACC Female Athlete of the Year 2003, and 2004
ESPN.com National Player of the Year 2003, 2004
2004 John R. Wooden Award-Women’s Basketball National Player of the Year, State Farm Wade Trophy-National Player of the Year, United States, Associated Press-National Player of the Year, and USBWA-National Player of the Year
2004 WNBA 2^nd overall pick by the Washington Mystics
3x WNBA All-Star (2005, 2006, 2007)
WNBA Champion (2016)
2x WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2017, 2018)
Played internationally in Poland, South Korea, Israel, and Spain from 2005-2016
FIBA Americas Championship – USA Women’s U 18 Gold medal
Founded the Alana Beard Foundation in 2014, a nonprofit organization working with AAU Basketball to provide resources to young women to achieve success on and off the court.