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

The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame announced its illustrious 2025 class, which will be inducted in June 14, 2025 in Knoxville Tennessee.

Seven women’s basketball legends make up the illustrious class: Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowles, Cappie Pondexter, Alanna Beard, Lucille Kyvallos, Danielle Donahew, and Mark Campbell.

Sue Bird is a Seattle Storm legend and is widely considered one of the greatest players in the WNBA history. Bird is a 13-time All-Star and a 4-time WNBA champion. She’s also won five Olympic gold medals and two NCAA championships. Bird played in Seattle for 20 seasons, and is the WNBA’s all-time assists leader by a wide margin, racking up 3234 dimes.

Sylvia Fowles is another WNBA legend — Fowles spent 9 seasons on the Chicago Sky and 8 on the Minnesota Lynx, winning two WNBA championships and two Final MVPs. She is an 8x WNBA All-Star, and a 4x Defensive Player of the Year. Fowles also won four Olympic gold medals with Team USA.

Cappie Pondexter, a standout WNBA point guard for 13 years, is a two-time WNBA champion and 7x All-Star. Pondexter was voted by fans as one of the Top 15 players in the history of the WNBA in 2011, and won Finals MVP in 2007.

Alanna 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 4x WNBA All-Star, a 2x Defensive Player of the Year, and a one-time WNBA champion. Prior to her WNBA career, she was a standout at Duke, becoming the first NCAA basketball player to record more than 2,600 points, 500 assist and 400 steals.

Lucille Kyvallos is a longtiem former women’s college basketball coach, having coached Queens College 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.

Danielle Donahew is the former president of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Exdirector, and the Executive Vice President of the Atlanta Dream. She played college basketball at Georgia Tech, and was a basketball executive for nearly two decades.

Mark Campbell is in his 26th season as the head coach of Union University, where he has spent his entire coaching career. Campbell has a career record of 742-116 (87%), He’s also been involved with USA basketball, having led the USA U16 team to a gold medal in 2019.