New York Liberty head coach Katie Smith and four-time WNBA champion Tina Thompson were recently named as part of the 2018 Class of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
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In addition to being enshrined later this year in Knoxville, Smith and Thompson may have to make another acceptance speech for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as well.
NEWS: Former Lynx Star @katiesmith30 has been named a 2018 Finalist for the Basketball Hall of Fame!
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— Minnesota Lynx (@minnesotalynx) February 18, 2018
Congratulations @katiesmith30 !!! @Hoophall Finalist! https://t.co/8A7JwTGRbz
— New York Liberty (@nyliberty) February 17, 2018
?RT @PlayersTribune: Four-time @WNBA Champion.
Nine-time All-Star.
2018 @Hoophall finalist.Congratulations, @IamTinaThompson! #18HoopClass pic.twitter.com/9cAbcBaBAc
— Tina Thompson (@IamTinaThompson) February 18, 2018
Smith and Thompson were both named as finalists for this year’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2018. Both are first-time finalists. In addition to Smith and Thompson, another women’s basketball luminary was also among the list of finalists – Baylor women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey.
The first-time finalists group also includes Ray Allen, Jason Kidd, Grant Hill, and Steve Nash. Chris Webber, Maurice Cheeks, Rudy Tomjanovich and Charles “Lefty” Driesell are also those up for consideration.
Congratulations are also in order for Doris Burke, who was named the 2018 Curt Gowdy Award recipient.
Congratulations to 2018 Curt Gowdy Media Award Winner @heydb. ? #GowdyAward pic.twitter.com/8Aurl0k626
— Basketball HOF (@Hoophall) February 17, 2018
The enshrines will be announced via a press conference prior to the Men’s Final Four in San Antonio. Hall of Fame processions are scheduled to take place in Springfield, Massachusetts in early September.
By: Akiem Bailum (@AkiemBailum on Twitter, Instagram)
