Meet the women’s basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025

The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame has announced its distinguished Class of 2025, which will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on June 14, 2025 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

This distinguished class includes seven women's basketball legends: Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowles, Cappie Pondexter, Alana Beard, Lucille Quibarros, Danielle Donahue and Mark Campbell.

Sue Bird

Sue Bird is a Seattle Storm legend and widely considered one of the greatest players in WNBA history. Bird is a 13-time All-Star and four-time WNBA Champion. She won five Olympic gold medals and two NCAA Championships. Bird played 20 seasons in Seattle and became the WNBA's all-time assist leader by a wide margin with 3,234 dimes.

Sylvia Fowles

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Sylvia Fowles is another WNBA legend. Fowles spent nine seasons with the Chicago Sky and eight seasons with the Minnesota Lynx, winning two WNBA championships and two Finals MVP awards. She is an eight-time WNBA All-Star and four-time Defensive Player of the Year. Fowles also won four Olympic gold medals with Team USA.

cappy pondexter

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Cappie Pondexter was a standout point guard in the WNBA for 13 years, where he was a two-time WNBA Champion and a seven-time All-Star. Pondexter was voted one of the top 15 players in WNBA history in 2011 by fans and was named Finals MVP in 2007.

Alana Beard

Alana Beard played in the WNBA from 2004 to 2019, spending the first half of her career with the Washington Mystics and the second half with the Los Angeles Sparks. Beard is a four-time WNBA All-Star, two-time Defensive Player of the Year and a one-time WNBA Champion. Before starting her career in the WNBA, she stood out at Duke, where she became the first NCAA basketball player to record over 2,600 points, 500 assists and 400 steals.

Lucille Kibarros

Lucille Quibarros is a former longtime women's college basketball coach who coached the Queen's University women's team from 1968 to 1981. She coached the first women's college basketball game at Madison Square Garden in 1975 and was an outspoken advocate for women's sports.

Daniel Donehue

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Danielle Donahue is a past chair of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame's Exdirector Board of Directors and executive vice president of the Atlanta Dream. She played college basketball at Georgia Tech and was a basketball executive for nearly 20 years.

mark campbell

Mark Campbell is in his 26th season as Union University's head coach, having spent his entire coaching career there. Campbell has a career record of 742-116 (87%) and has contributed to the U.S. basketball world, leading the U.S. U16 team to a gold medal in 2019.