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Swoopes Named 2016 Basketball Hall Of Fame Finalist
February 19, 2016 | Women's Basketball
Sheryl Swoopes at the Texas Tech-Sam Houston State football game on Sept. 5. She is a finalist for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Feb. 19, 2015
LUBBOCK, Texas --Texas Tech Lady Raider great Sheryl Swoopes was named a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this week, at NBA All-Star Weekend, in Toronto, Ontario.
The finalists include three elite players, nine outstanding coaches, one exceptional referee and one record-setting team.
#Finalist Sheryl Swoopes is a 6x WNBA All-Star, 5x WNBA First Team selection and 3x Defensive POY.
- Basketball HOF (@Hoophall) February 12, 2016
Swoopes was the consensus national player of the year in 1993, the Lady Raiders' national championship season. She averaged 28.1 points per game that year, which ranked second nationally. As a Lady Raider, Swoopes set 30 different women's basketball records, including four Final Four records, three NCAA tournament records, four NCAA championship game records and eight Texas Tech school records, including the single-game school record for points (53), which still stands. Her No. 22 was retired on Feb. 19, 1994.
Swoopes went on to the WNBA, where she was a three-time WNBA MVP, two-time scoring champion, four-time WNBA champion, three-time defensive player of the year and six-time all-star. She also represented the United States numerous times, including the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games.
As announced in 2015, three distinct modifications have been made to the election process for the upcoming class. Most notably, potential honorees are eligible on the ballot for Hall of Fame enshrinement after four full seasons of retirement.
The Class of 2016 will be announced on Monday, April 4 at a press conference in Houston prior to the NCAA Men's Championship game. A finalist needs 18 of 24 votes from the Honors Committee for election into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The Class of 2016 will be enshrined during festivities in Springfield, Massachusetts, the birthplace of basketball, September 8-10, 2016. Tickets for the various Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2016 Enshrinement events are on sale at www.hoophall.com.
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