Women’s Hall Honors 26

Cheryl Miller, who led USC to NCAA titles in 1983 and ’84 and the United States to a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics, and Ann Meyers Drysdale, a four-time All-American who was the first woman to receive a full athletic scholarship to UCLA, were among 26 inductees named Sunday to the inaugural class of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.

Jody Conradt of Texas, the winningest coach in women’s collegiate basketball history, and Pat Summitt, who has guided Tennessee to six NCAA championships, were also among the honored.

Others in the group include Joan Crawford, a 13-time Amateur Athletic Union All-American, and Lusia Harris Stewart of Delta State, who in 1976 scored the first points in Olympic women’s basketball history.

The 26 inductees will be enshrined in the spring of 1999 at the new 30,000 square-foot Hall of Fame currently being constructed in Knoxville, Tenn.

To be inducted, a nominee had to be retired from the highest level of play for five years, coached the women’s game for at least 20 years, officiated women’s basketball at least 10 years or significantly impacted the game.