Kareem, Miller in Hall of Fame : Basketball: Five others will join them in May enshrinement.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a former UCLA All-American and the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, and Cheryl Miller, a former USC All-American generally regarded as the best player in women’s basketball history, were voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday with five others.

Also voted in were forward Vern Mikkelsen and coach John Kundla, both formerly of the Minneapolis Lakers; former NBA official Earl Strom, former Soviet coach Aleksandr Gomelsky and women’s Olympic and college star Anne Donovan.

Enshrinement ceremonies will be held May 15 at the Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.

“I’m just happy things worked out,” Abdul-Jabbar told the Associated Press from Atlanta after being told of his election. “It hasn’t sunk in yet.”

Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor, led UCLA to three consecutive NCAA championships in the late 1960s. In 1971, the center led the Milwaukee Bucks to their only NBA title. And, after being traded in 1975, he led the Lakers to five NBA titles before retiring after the 1988-89 season.

A six-time most valuable player, he scored 38,387 points in 20 NBA seasons. He also holds NBA records for games played (1,560) and blocked shots (3,189).

“It is, of course, an honor for Kareem to be inducted into the Hall of Fame,” Jerry West, a Hall of Famer and executive vice president of the Lakers, told AP. “It’s also an honor for the Hall to have Kareem as a member.

“He is without a doubt the most consummate professional I’ve ever seen and, if not the greatest player of all time, certainly one of the two or three greatest.”

Said Laker owner Jerry Buss: “Six world championship rings. Six MVP awards. I can’t think of anyone who could be more deserving.”

John Wooden, who coached UCLA to 10 NCAA championships, called Abdul-Jabbar “the most valuable player the college game has ever had--on or off the court.”

Three times the NCAA tournament’s outstanding player, Abdul-Jabbar averaged a school-record 26.4 points in leading the Bruins to an 88-2 record and NCAA titles in 1967, ’68 and ’69.

Miller, who scored 105 points in a game against Norte Vista High as a senior at Riverside Poly, was a four-time All-American at USC, helping the Trojans win NCAA titles in ’83 and ’84.

“I wasn’t the greatest athlete and I couldn’t jump out of the gym and I wasn’t an extraordinary ballhandler,” said Miller, who helped the United States win a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics. “I was just someone who loved the game so very much and had a passion for sport and life.”

Kundla, whose players included Mikkelsen, coached the Minneapolis Lakers to six pro championships, including four NBA titles, in the 1940s and ‘50s.

Mikkelsen, a 6-foot-7, 230-pound forward, was a six-time All-Star and played on four NBA championship teams.

Gomelsky, who coached for 29 seasons, helped the Soviets end U.S. Olympic dominance by winning the gold medal at Seoul in 1988. His teams won bronze medals in 1968 and ’80 and a silver in ’64.

Donovan, a 6-8 center, led Old Dominion to the Assn. of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championship in 1980 and helped the U.S. team win Olympic gold medals in 1984 and ’88.

Strom, who was 66 when he died of brain cancer last July, was an official for 32 professional seasons--29 in the NBA and three in the American Basketball Assn.