Sue Bird and Sylvia Fowles lead the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame 2025 class that will be inducted at the Tennessee Theater on June 14, 2025, the WBHOF announced Friday. The seven-member class also features former players Alana Beard and Cappie Pondexter as well as former coaches Mark Campbell and Lucille Kyvallos and the women’s basketball coaches association executive director Danielle Donehew.
“We are honored to pay tribute to seven distinguished legends of this exceptional sport,” WBHOF President Dana Hart said in a media release. “They exemplify the highest standards in women’s basketball and have made substantial contributions to the sport along with shaping the games’ historical trajectory.”
Bird, who retired after the 2022 season, won at every level. At UConn, she won two national titles and was named the Nancy Lieberman award winner, as the country’s best point guard, three times. In the pros, she remains the WNBA’s all-time leader in games played (580) and assists (3,234) and was a four-time WNBA champion with the Seattle Storm and 12-time WNBA All-Star. She won five Olympic gold medals as a point guard with Team USA and four FIBA World Cup gold medals.
Fowles, the 2008 SEC player of the year at LSU, has her jerseys retired with both the Tigers…
