Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame announces its 14th group of inductees
The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (WBHOF) announced its 14th group of inductees, the Class of 2012, on ABC during the WNBA All-Star Game in San Antonio this afternoon. The six members of the Class of 2012 are:
- Nancy Fahey (Coach)
- Nikki McCray (Player)
- Pamela McGee (Player)
- Igne Nissen (Player)
- Robin Roberts (Contributor)
- Dawn Staley (Player)
Bios from the WBHOF
NANCY FAHEY (Coach)
Fahey is the only coach in NCAA Division III history to win five national championships, including a
stretch of four-straight crowns from 1998-01. She led Washington University-St. Louis to the secondlongest winning streak in NCAA women’s basketball history at 81 games. Fahey ranks third among all
active NCAA coaches with an .849 career winning percentage. She was named the 2000 WBCA Division
III Coach of the Year.
NIKKI MCCRAY (Player)
A two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and three-time WNBA All-Star, McCray scored 2,528 points during
her nine-year WNBA career. In her four-year career at the University of Tennessee, McCray led the Lady
Vols to three SEC regular season titles, two conference tournament championships, and four NCAA
tournament appearances. She earned All-American and SEC Player of the Year honors in both her junior
and senior years.
PAM MCGEE (Player)
McGee helped lead the University of Southern California to back-to-back NCAA National Championships
in 1983 and 1984, earning All-American honors in 1984. She was a three-time All-NCAA First Team
selection, a finalist for the 1983 Wade Trophy and a finalist for the 1984 Naismith Award. She is USC’s
sixth all-time scorer with 2,214 points and USC’s second all-time rebounder with 1,255 rebounds. McGee
helped led the USA Basketball Team to their first ever gold medal in the 1984 Olympics.
INGE NISSEN (Player)
Nissen led Old Dominion University to the AIAW National Championships in 1979 and 1980 finishing her
career with 2,647 points and 1,459 rebounds. She was named the team’s MVP during the 1978, 1979 and
1980 seasons as well as the Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year in 1980. Nissen was a two-time Wade
Trophy Finalist and a 1980 Kodak All-American. She was inducted into the Old Dominion University Hall
of Fame in 1985.
ROBIN ROBERTS (Contributor)
Roberts began her career as an outstanding player for Southeastern Louisiana University, where she is the
school’s all-time leading scorer (1,446 points) and rebounder (1,034 rebounds). In 1983 she began her
career in TV as a sports reporter in Hattiesburg, MS. Since then Roberts has earned multiple Emmy Awards
while working at ESPN and ABC. She was the 2001 WBCA Mel Greenberg Media Award Winner, and she
has been inducted into the Women’s Institute of Sport and Education Foundation’s Hall of Fame in 1994.
DAWN STALEY (Player)
Staley was a three-time Kodak All-American, two-time ACC and National Player of the Year, and the 1991
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player during her college career. She is the only ACC player to
record more than 2,000 points, 700 rebounds, 700 assists, and 400 steals. During her WNBA career, Staley
was named an All-Star five times and was selected to the WNBA All-Decade Team. A three-time Olympic
Gold Medalist, Staley was also named the 1994 and 2004 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year.
