Oak Ridge Native Jennifer Nai Smith Basketball Hall is the finalist of the 2025 class.
AZZI, the chief business development manager of WNBA’s Las Vegas Ace, was all Americans in Stanford from 1986 to 1990. TARA VANDERVEER coach.
Azi One of the four female basketball players 17 finalists listFormer WNBA Star Maya Moore, Sylvia Fowles and Sue Bird. The official class will be announced in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Finals held in San Antonio on April 5.
Azi It was one of the best three -point shooting games in women’s basketball history. She still has a three -point percentage record in WNBA (45.8%) and Stanford (45.2%) and won the NCAA national title in 1990 and was selected as the best player.
Azi He was the PAC-10 player of the year in 1989 and 1990 and was the 1990 NAISMITH COLLEGE Player of the Year and Wade Trophy.
One of the most important parts of her career was the 1996 US Olympic gold medal winning team to create WNBA.
In the middle Her other praiseIn the 1990 and 1998 FIBA World Championships, the gold medal was led by the Women’s Basketball Fame in 2009 in 1990 and 1998.
As four seasons played abroad, she helped to co -establish the American Basketball League.
Detroit Shock chose her in fifth place in the 1999 WNBA draft. She played from 1999 to 2003, including Utahstar.
She has a simple coaching career with San Francisco University from 2010 to 2016.
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This article was originally in Knoxville News Sentinel. Jennifer AZZI NAISMITH BASKETBALL Fame
