The Philadelphia Rage was one of the eight original franchises of the American Basketball League (ABL), a women's professional basketball league. The franchise existed for just two-and-a-half seasons, from 1996 to 1997 in Richmond, Virginia , and from 1997 to late 1998 in Philadelphia .
65-484: The Rage was led by 1996 U.S. Olympic team point guard Dawn Staley and Adrienne Goodson , who shot like a guard and rebounded like a power forward. With power forward Taj McWilliams , the Rage had three players out of the ten named to the 1997 All-ABL First and Second teams—the most of any team. The Rage made sports news headlines by signing heptathlete and long jumper Jackie Joyner-Kersee . The team's initial draft choice
130-456: A Brigham Young University fan against a member of the Duke women's volleyball team, Staley canceled the team's matchups against BYU in the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons. Despite an investigation that did not find evidence to corroborate the claim, Staley declined to reinstate the series. Staley won her 600th game on February 22, 2024, in 786 games (534 at South Carolina). In 2024, Staley guided
195-900: A 93-4 record (28-0, 33-1, 32-3), including a then-record 51 straight wins. The 1975-77 teams have produced 2 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductees, Margaret Wade and Lusia Harris Stewart. The WBCA Wade Trophy, considered the Heisman of women's basketball, is named in honor of Lily Margaret Wade. Listed are the individuals associated with the three teams: Angel Fortenberry, Ann Logue, Beth Trussell, Cornelia Ward, Debbie Brock, Jackie Caston, Janie Evans, Jill Rhodes, Judy Davis, Kathy Lewis, Key Crump, Laurie Ann Harper, Lusia Harris Stewart (Class of 1999), Lynn Adubato, Mandy Fortenberyy, Margaret Wade (Class of 1999), Mary Logue, Melissa Thames, Melissa Ward, Mimi Williams, Pam Piazza, Ramona von Boeckman , Sheri Haynes, Tish Fahey, Virginia Shackelford, and Wanda Hairston. The 1976 USA Women's Basketball team captured
260-451: A Chicago team 62-52 Dr. James A. Naismith was quoted to say, "There is no team that I mention more frequently in talking about the game. My admiration is not only for your remarkable record of games won (which itself would make you stand out in the history of basketball) but also for your record of clean play, versatility in meeting teams at their own style, and more especially for your unbroken record of good sportsmanship." Claude Hutcherson,
325-634: A Wayland graduate and owner of Hutcherson Air Service, provided air transportation for the Queens to games in Mexico in 1948. That encounter blossomed into a full sponsorship of the team in 1950, a change that brought with it a new mascot - the Hutcherson Flying Queens. Five decades later, Wayland is still atop the world of women's basketball for they still remain the only women's team in history to win 1,300 games. Long before Connecticut became
390-618: A dominant power in women's basketball, the Flying Queens of Wayland Baptist thrived on innovation, talent and glamour, playing on athletic scholarships, traveling by private planes, warming up with ostentatious drills learned from the Harlem Globetrotters and winning every game for nearly five seasons. The Wayland Baptist University women's team achieved a 131-game winning streak from November 1953 to March 1958 before losing 46-42 to Nashville Business School. During that time
455-814: A gold medal at the 2007 Pan Am games, she served as head coach to the U17 Team in 2014 and the U19 Team in 2015, winning gold medals at the U18 Americas Championship and the U19 FIBA World Championship. The USA basketball organization awarded her the code national coach of the year award as a result of the U19 gold medal. She shared the award with Sean Miller who coached the U19 men's team to a gold medal. She served as an assistant coach under Team USA head coach Geno Auriemma for
520-781: A gold medal in the 2018 World Cup in Spain and two gold medals in the 2019 and 2021 FIBA AmeriCups . Source National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion Staley
585-714: A member of the 1992 Jones Cup Team that won the Gold in Taipei . Staley played for Team USA throughout her career. In 1994 she competed in the World Championships and was named the USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year. She led the 1996 team to an undefeated record of 60–0 and the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics . She was also a member of the 2000 Olympic team that defended
650-538: A passing skills area. There is also a photo area where you can pretend to be players from different eras in history. Pat Summitt Rotunda is located at the entrance of the WBHOF. This area remembers founding board member and Class of 1999 inductee Pat Summitt. The courtyard outside of the Pat Summitt Rotunda is shaped like a basketball and is made of numerous bricks with personalized inscriptions. Many of
715-646: A podcast, Netlife , produced by Just Women's Sports , beginning in January 2022. Staley owns a Havanese dog named Champ, who has his own Twitter account, and frequently visits practices. Staley is a fan of the NFL 's Philadelphia Eagles . Throughout the 2022 NFL season , Staley was often seen wearing their jerseys while coaching the Gamecocks. Women%27s Basketball Hall of Fame The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame honors those who have contributed to
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#1732776040172780-554: A third Final Four, before losing a controversial game to Stanford 66–65. Staley's Gamecocks signed the #1 class for the then-upcoming 2021–22 season. On October 15, 2021, Staley signed a seven-year, $ 22.4 million contract extension with South Carolina, making her the highest-paid Black college basketball coach in the country. In 2022 the Gamecocks were #1 in both polls for the entire season, they would go on to defeat 14 ranked teams, including Stanford , UConn , NC State , Oregon , Maryland , Duke , LSU , Tennessee and Georgia . In
845-399: A two-point game to Australia. After defeating Bulgaria, Team USA lost another close game, this time to Czechoslovakia by three points. The team followed that loss with a victory against Zaire, but dropped its final game to Spain, again by three points. Staley averaged 10.8 points per game and recorded 14 steals over the course of the event, both second highest on the team. The Americans finished
910-476: Is a Christian and routinely thanks God after games. On Easter Sunday 2024, Staley said postgame "He is risen" referring to the resurrection of Jesus Christ . After her team won the 2024 National title, Staley thanked Jesus . Staley heads the Dawn Staley Foundation, which focuses on academics and athletics and sponsors basketball leagues and other fund-raising activities. Staley hosted
975-887: Is retired at UVA. In 1994–1995, after graduation, Staley played professional basketball in France in Tarbes , Italy , Brazil , and Spain before joining the ABL and then the WNBA. Staley was named to the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team (now called the U19 team ). The team participated in the second Junior World Championship, held in Bilbao , Spain, in July 1989. Team USA lost their opening game to South Korea in overtime, then lost
1040-551: The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and helped the Americans win their sixth straight gold medal in women's basketball and eighth in their past nine Olympic appearances. On March 10, 2017, she was named head coach of USA national women's team . At the 2020 Summer Olympics , Staley won her first gold medal as Team USA's Head coach, winning all six games and extending her record to 45–0. Staley also coached Team USA to
1105-666: The Atlantic 10 tournament to qualify for the NCAA tournament . In the 2004–05 season, Staley's Owls went 28–4, including a perfect 19–0 against Atlantic 10 opponents. However, they lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to Rutgers University . Staley reached the 100-win plateau in the A-10 semifinals vs Xavier University that season, becoming the fastest coach in women's basketball to achieve that feat. On May 7, 2008, it
1170-571: The NCAA tournament , the Gamecocks defeated Howard , Miami , North Carolina , Creighton , Louisville , and then UConn again to win a second national championship. Staley is the first coach to defeat Geno Auriemma , Tara VanDerveer and Kim Mulkey in the same season. Staley was again named Naismith Award winner, and coached the National Player of the Year Aliyah Boston . In 2022, following an alleged racist incident by
1235-706: The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013. Her parents, Clarence and Estelle Staley, moved to North Philadelphia from Orangeburg County, South Carolina in the 1950s, when they were still teenagers. They married young and in 1967 moved into a three-bedroom, single-bath row house in the Raymond Rosen Homes housing project. Together, Clarence, a part-time carpenter, and Estelle, a homemaker, raised five children—three boys, Lawrence, Anthony and Eric, and two girls, Tracey and Dawn. Fearful of her disciplinarian mother, who
1300-783: The South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team . A point guard , she played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers and spent eight seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), primarily with the Charlotte Sting . Staley also played on the United States women's national basketball team , winning three gold medals at the Olympic Games from 1996 to 2004, and
1365-530: The 1973-74 revival season following a 40-year layoff of the women's basketball program, Delta State proceeded to end Immaculata College's three-year AIAW national championship reign in season No. 2 by going undefeated at 28-0. Delta State followed its first AIAW national crown by also winning the next two as the Lady Statesmen defeated Immaculata (69-64) at Penn State and then LSU (68-55) at Minnesota. During their three championship years, Delta State compiled
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#17327760401721430-515: The 2008–09 season, she led the program to ever better finishes in each subsequent season, leading to the program's first number 1 ranking and Final Four appearance during the 2014–15 season. They picked up where they left off a year later, going undefeated in SEC play; however, they were upended in the Sweet 16 by Syracuse. In 2016–17, the Gamecocks repeated as SEC regular-season and tournament champions for
1495-514: The 2017 win, The Post and Courier listed Staley first in their ranking of the 25 most powerful people in South Carolina sports. Under Staley the program has captured five SEC regular season championships, seven SEC tournament titles, four Final Fours, three NCAA national championships, seven Sweet Sixteen appearances, five SEC player of the year awards and five SEC freshman of the year awards. Staley herself has been awarded SEC coach of
1560-692: The All-ABL second team, the following season. In the 1999 WNBA draft , Staley was selected with the ninth overall pick by the Charlotte Sting . In 2001, she led the Sting to the championship game of the WNBA playoffs . On August 1, 2005, Staley was traded to the Houston Comets . Staley announced before the start of the WNBA season that she would be retiring after the Comets' season was over. The Comets made
1625-457: The East. Under new coach Anne Donovan , the Rage was off to a 9–5 start when the league suddenly folded on December 22, 1998. Less than a month later, on January 18, 1999, Rage reserve guard Katrina Price died of a self-inflicted gunshot. Dawn Staley As coach: Dawn Michelle Staley (born May 4, 1970) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for
1690-466: The Flying Queens captured four consecutive AAU national championships. The 1972-74 Mighty Macs team captured the first three Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) championships. Immaculata is considered the birthplace of modern college women's basketball. In addition, to winning the first three college national championships, the Mighty Macs were the first women's team along with
1755-440: The Gamecocks into one of the top women's basketball programs. During her 16 seasons, she has led South Carolina to eight SEC regular season championships, eight SEC tournament championships, eight Sweet Sixteens , five Final Fours , and three NCAA women's basketball national championships , including the school's first in 2017 and a perfect season in 2024. Staley was inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012 and
1820-1225: The Olympic gold medal in Atlanta. Rolling to an 8-0 Olympic mark, the USA, which began training on October 2, 1995, compiled a 52-0 record during its pre-Olympic competition to finish with an overall 60-0 record. More popular than any previous women's basketball team, the USA drew a record 202,556 fans during the Olympics for an average of 25,320 a game. The 1996 Olympic Team includes 10 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees. Jennifer Azzi (Class of 2009), Ruthie Bolton (Class of 2011), Teresa Edwards (Class of 2010), Venus Lacey, Lisa Leslie (Class of 2015), Rebecca Lobo (Class of 2010), Katrina McClain (Class of 2006), Nikki McCray (Class of 2012), Carla McGhee, Dawn Staley (Class of 2012), Katy Steding, Sheryl Swoopes (Class of 2017), Tara VanDerveer (Class of 2002), Ceal Barry, Nancy Darsch, Marian Washington (Class of 2004), Bruce Moseley, Gina Konin Larence The Helms Foundation
1885-575: The Sting in the 1999 WNBA draft . As a member of the Sting and the Houston Comets , she received six consecutive WNBA All-Star selections from 2001 to her final season in 2006. Staley spent most of her WNBA career simultaneously serving as the head coach of the Temple Owls women's basketball team from 2000 to 2008, leading them to six NCAA tournaments, three regular-season conference championships, and four conference tournament titles. After becoming South Carolina's head coach in 2008, Staley rebuilt
1950-557: The United States' first medal in Olympic women's basketball history winning the silver medal. The USA's silver medal finish served a notice to the rest of the world that the United States would be a force in Olympic women's basketball. Since the 1976 Olympics, the USA Women's Basketball Teams have compiled a record of 55 and 1 and captured 7 gold medals and 1 bronze in Olympic play. The 1976 USA Olympic Women's Basketball Team paved
2015-476: The University of Maryland to appear on National television. They were also the first women's team, along with Queen's College, to play at Madison Square Garden. Their inspirational story was made into a feature-length theatrical movie called The Mighty Macs and released by Sony Pictures in 2011. The 1972-74 teams have produced 3 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees. Listed are the individuals associated with
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2080-572: The Western Conference, the Colorado Xplosion , the Rage won two straight to advance to the finals against Columbus. In the best-of-five finals, the Rage jumped out to a 2–0 series lead, only to lose the last three games. Despite fielding essentially the same team that went all the way to the finals, the relocated Philadelphia Rage did not do nearly as well in its second season, going just 13-31 and finishing fifth (dead last) in
2145-570: The bricks are engraved to honor guests, inductees and a host of other who have chosen to leave their legacy at the hall of fame. The Hall of Honor is the location within the Hall of Fame that recognizes the achievements of each of the inductees. The Eastman Statue, sculpted by Elizabeth MacQueen, is erected at the entrance to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. This 17-foot-tall bronze statue exemplifies Women's Basketball Hall of Fame's mission to "honor
2210-494: The coach. O'Brien changed his tactics and challenged her to identify some ways to turn the program around. She was still playing in the WNBA at the time and her friends told her it would be impossible to continue to play and coach. That challenge convinced her she should give coaching a try, and accepted the position of head coach at Temple. In her first season, 2000–01, Temple advanced to the WNIT . In 2001, 2002 and 2004, her teams won
2275-598: The end of the year. Before the Games, she was selected to carry the flag of the United States during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony. In 1996, she joined the Richmond Rage of the American Basketball League (ABL) and led the team to the ABL finals in 1997. The following season, the team moved to Staley's hometown of Philadelphia . Staley was named the 1996–97 All-ABL first team and
2340-427: The first class inducted. With the 2017 Induction, the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame celebrated its 19th anniversary and added six new members to its hall, honoring 157 inductees. Inductees may be nominated in the following categories: Coach, Veteran Coach, Player, International Player, Veteran Player, Contributor, and Official. The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame is home to the world's largest basketball sitting on
2405-645: The game against Russia. In the quarterfinals, the USA team beat Spain 90–56. The semifinal was a rematch against Russia, but this time the Russian team prevailed, 75–68. The USA faced Brazil in the bronze medal game, and won easily 99–59. During the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Staley served as an assistant coach under Team USA head coach Anne Donovan and helped the Americans win their fourth straight gold medal in women's basketball and sixth in their past seven Olympic appearances. After coaching Team USA to
2470-473: The game and will to persevere in a time when women's basketball was largely ignored makes the Edmonton Grads praiseworthy John Percy Page coached the club to 18 Canadian Championships The Club attended four sets of Olympic Games: Paris in 1924, Amsterdam in 1928, Los Angeles in 1932, and Berlin in 1936 where they received 4 unofficial Olympic titles The Club played its last game on June 5, 1940, defeating
2535-493: The gold medal by a score of 71–65. Staley hit two free throws with ten seconds left to extend a three-point lead to five, then hit another free throw with three seconds left in the game to seal the 71–65 victory. Staley averaged 7.0 points per game and made a record 52 assists. In 2002, Staley was named to the national team which competed in the World Championships in Zhangjiagang , Changzhou and Nanjing , China. The team
2600-533: The gold medal. Staley was selected to represent the United States at the 1995 USA Women's Pan American Games, but only four teams committed to participate, so the event was cancelled. Staley was named to the United States national team in 1998. The national team traveled to Berlin , Germany, in July and August 1998 for the FIBA World Championships . Team USA won a close opening game against Japan, 95–89, then won their next six games easily. In
2665-717: The greatest women's basketball team in the world. Coach Moore retired and disbanded the Red Heads in 1986 after 50 years of play The All American Red Heads still have annual reunions today. The Edmonton Commercial Graduates Basketball Club was founded in 1915 by John Percy Page. The origins of the club can be traced to the McDougall Commercial Girls High School Basketball team in Edmonton, Canada. When team members graduated high school, they convinced coach John Percy Page to continue
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2730-463: The medal round. The Americans shot only 36% from the field, but limited the Chinese to just 35%, and advanced to the gold medal game by a score of 79–76. There they faced Spain, who had won all seven of their previous tournament games. However, Team USA defeated them easily, 88–62, to claim the gold medal. Staley averaged 4.9 points per game for the tournament. Staley competed with USA Basketball as
2795-403: The north rotunda of the hall, measuring 30 feet tall and weighing 10 tons. The WBHOF Basketball Courts in the north rotunda of the hall allow one to test one's basketball skills on three different courts representing the hall's mission statement of "honoring the past, celebrating the present, and promoting the future" of women's basketball. The courts also are home to a timed dribbling course and
2860-561: The past, celebrate the present and promote the future" of women's basketball. Each year, the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame presents its current class of Inductees with a replica of the Eastman statue, known as the "Eastman". The All American Red Heads played for 50 years, from 1936 to 1986 which is still the longest running women's professional team. The Red Heads were founded by Mr. and Mrs.C. M. Olson in Cassville, Missouri. C. M. Olson
2925-481: The playoffs and faced the Sacramento Monarchs in the first round. The Monarchs swept the Comets and won the series 2–0, ending Staley's career. In 2011, she was voted in by fans as one of the top 15 players in the 15-year history of the WNBA. Staley had no interest in coaching when she was initially approached by the athletic director of Temple University , Dave O'Brien. She was on the Olympic team at
2990-417: The semifinal game against Brazil, Team USA was behind as much as ten points in the first half, but went on to win, 93–79. The gold medal game was a rematch against Russia. In the first game, the Americans dominated almost from the beginning, but in the rematch, Russia took the early lead and led much of the way. With under two minutes remaining, Team USA was down by two points, but rallied and then held on to win
3055-524: The sport of women's basketball . The Hall of Fame opened in 1999 in Knoxville, Tennessee , USA. It is the only facility of its kind dedicated to all levels of women's basketball. Knoxville is known for having a large women's basketball following as well as being the home of the University of Tennessee 's Lady Vols basketball team previously coached by women's coach Pat Summitt , who was part of
3120-754: The team as a Club sport. Membership with the Club was exclusive, only 38 women ever wore the Grad jersey. Winnie Martin (Tait) was the First Captain of the Edmonton Grads, playing from 1915-1924. The Grads played 522 games officially in Canada, the United States and Europe. The Club tallied a 502-20 record in 25 years of play The Edmonton Commercial Graduates are widely considered the greatest women's team ever assembled. Financially restrained, members often chipped in to raise funds for national play. Their strong dedication to
3185-677: The team for eleven years, scoring 35,426 points during her career. The Red Heads were so popular that during the years 1964-1971 there may have been as many as three Red Head teams traveling the country. In 1972, the Red Heads won 500 out of 642 games played against men's team. Throughout the years the All American Red Heads played in all 50 states as well as Mexico, Canada, and the Philippines. The team has been featured in national magazines such as Life, Look, Sports Illustrated and Women's Sports, and they were widely considered as
3250-472: The team to a perfect 38–0 season, winning their third national title. Staley won her fourth Naismith Coach of the Year Award. Dawn Staley served as an assistant coach for the USA national team in 2006, a team in transition. Lisa Leslie , who had led the team in scoring in the 2004 Olympics, the 2002 World Championships, the 2000 Olympics, the 1998 World Championships, and the 1996 Olympics was no longer on
3315-433: The team. Sheryl Swoopes was available but hampered by injuries, with Staley transitioning from player to coach. Newcomers Sue Bird , Candace Parker and Diana Taurasi picked up the slack, but it was a team in transition. As an additional challenge, some members of the squad were unable to join the team for practices due to WNBA commitments. The team started out strong, winning each of the six preliminary games, including
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#17327760401723380-401: The third year in a row, and advanced to the second Final Four in school history. They defeated conference rival Mississippi State in the national championship game to win the first national title in school history. Staley became the second African American to lead a women's basketball team to a national championship; Carolyn Peck had coached Purdue to the 1999 national championship . After
3445-515: The three teams; Janet Ruch Boltz, Denise Conway Crawford, Janet Young Eline, Theresa Shank Grentz (Class of 2001), Barbara Deuble Kelly, Tina Krah, Patricia Mulhern Loughran, Judy Marra Martelli, Sue Forsyth O'Grady, Rene Muth Portland, Betty Ann Hoffman Quinn, Cathy Rush (Class of 2000), Mary Scharff, Marianne Crawford Stanley (Class of 2002), Maureen Stuhlman, and Marie Liguori Williams. The 1975, 1976, and 1977 Delta State teams captured three consecutive AIAW championships. After finishing 16–2 in
3510-579: The time which was attending the Final Four in Philadelphia. O'Brien, mindful that Staley was a Philadelphia native and star basketball player at Philadelphia's Dobbins Technical High School, talked her into visiting the campus, where she was guided to a conference room with a dozen people who were treating her visit as a job interview. When they asked her if she saw herself as a coach she replied "no, not at all". She initially resisted offers to become
3575-430: The tournament in seventh place. Staley was named to the team representing the United States at the World University Games held during July 1991 in Sheffield , England. While the American team had won gold in 1983, they finished with the silver in 1985, in fifth place in 1987, and did not field a team in 1989. The team was coached by Tara VanDerveer of Stanford. After winning opening games easily, Team USA faced China in
3640-642: The way for United States dominance. The 1976 team has produced 11 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees. Ann Meyers Drysdale (Class of 1999), Nancy Lieberman (Class of 1999), Billie Moore (Class of 1999), Pat Summitt (Class of 1999), Mary Anne O'Conner, Lusia Harris Stewart (Class of 1999), Gail Marquis, Nancy Dunkle (Class of 2000), Sue Gunter (Class of 2000), Patricia Roberts (Class of 2000), Sue Rojcewicz (Class of 2000), Charlotte Lewis, Juliene Simpson (Class of 2000), Cindy Brogdon (Class of 2002), Jeanne Rowlands, Gail Weldon. The 1996 USA Olympic Basketball Team dominated its competition to reclaim
3705-408: The year five times. In 2020, Staley led the Gamecocks to a 32–1 season, winning yet another SEC regular season, and tournament championship. The Gamecocks finished #1 in both major polls before the NCAA tournament was cancelled. Staley swept the national coach of the year awards in 2020; she is the first person to win the Naismith award as a player and also as a coach. In 2021, Staley led her team to
3770-405: Was Lisa Leslie , who opted to sign with the WNBA instead. Even without Leslie, the Rage had a strong first season. Although its win–loss record was 21-19, a full ten games behind the 31-9 Columbus Quest , its record was good enough for second place in the Eastern Conference, and that was good enough to put the Rage in the four-team playoffs. Matched in a best-of-three set against the top team in
3835-413: Was coached by Van Chancellor . Staley scored 4.9 points per game, and recorded a team-high 24 assists. Team USA won all nine games, including a close title game against Russia, with the teams separated by only one point late in the game. She won a third gold medal with Team USA at the 2004 Games in Athens . Her Olympic performance led to her being named 2004 USA Basketball Female Athlete Of The Year at
3900-427: Was confirmed by Temple University that Staley would leave Temple for the recently vacated coaching position at the University of South Carolina . She left Temple with the best overall record of 172–80, along with six NCAA appearances and four Atlantic 10 titles. At South Carolina she started rebuilding a program from scratch, suffering through two losing seasons at the start of her tenure. Starting with 10 wins during
3965-420: Was established in 1936 and created by Bill Schroeder and Paul Helms to select national championship teams and All-American teams in a number of college sports, including women's basketball. The Panel met annually to vote on a National Champion and retroactively ranked basketball back to 1901. When Paul Helms died in 1957, United Savings and Loan became the Helms Foundation's benefactor and eventually became known as
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#17327760401724030-514: Was named the ACC female athlete of the year and the national player of the year in 1991 and 1992. Staley finished her college career with 2,135 points and held the NCAA record for career steals with 454 (which has since been broken by current record holder, Natalie White). She finished her career at Virginia as the school's all-time scoring leader and as the ACC's all-time leader in assists at 729, but those records have since been broken by former UVA stars Monica Wright and Sharnee Zoll . Her number 24
4095-579: Was of faith and would not spare the rod, Staley knew to "abide by her rules, you lived clean. You're good. You live a happy life". Staley was named the national high school player of the year during her final season at Murrell Dobbins Vocational High School in Philadelphia. Staley attended the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, Virginia , from which she earned her degree in Rhetoric and Communication Studies. During her four seasons in college, she led her team to four NCAA tournaments , three Final Fours and one national championship game. She
4160-414: Was the former coach-owner of a male exhibition basketball team called Olson's Terrible Swedes. Known for their on-court antics, this inspired C. M. Olson's wife, Doyle, and the women who worked in her beauty salons to form a professional basketball exhibition team. In 1954, Coach Orwell Moore and his wife Lorene "Butch" Moore bought the Red heads and moved the team to Caraway, Arkansas. Lorene Moore played on
4225-462: Was the head coach of the team that won an Olympic gold medal in 2021. She is the first person to win the Naismith Award as both a player and a coach. During her college career with Virginia from 1988 to 1992, Staley set the NCAA record for steals, the school record for points, and the ACC record for assists. She played professionally in the American Basketball League (ABL) during its three years of operation before being selected ninth overall by
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