Basketball Hall of Fame To Honor Women
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Directors has announced the 2015 Women's Induction Class. It includes a global executive with EY, co-owner of a car dealership and Indiana's 1988 Miss Basketball.
December 16, 2014
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NEW CASTLE, Ind. – The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Directors announces the 2015 Women's Induction Class to be honored on Saturday, April 25, 2015.
-Beth (Millard) Brooke Marciniak,
Taylor
1977
-Dianna Christensen
Indianapolis John Marshall
1976
-Kelly (Lane) Clauss
Vincennes Rivet
1983
-Courtney (Cox) Cole
Noblesville
1989
-Hedy (Pottorff) George
Columbus
1967
-Vicki Hall
Brebeuf
1988
-Mike Hey
Columbia City
1963
-MaChelle Joseph
DeKalb
1988
-Tom Megyesi
Okemos (Michigan)
1968
-Kris (Veatch) Nolan
Zionsville
1984
Indiana Fever Silver Medal Award
-Tamika Catchings
Duncanville (Texas)
1997
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame announces 14th Womens induction class
Loaded with basketball talent and tradition, the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame proudly announces their 2015 womens induction class, to be honored at the 14th annual Womens Awards Banquet on Saturday, April 25, 2015.
Beth (Millard) Brooke-Marciniak was a three-time team MVP, averaging a double-double for three seasons at Howard County’s Taylor High School, where she recorded single-game records of 44 points and 34 rebounds and was selected as a 1977 Indiana All-Star. The first woman to receive a basketball scholarship at Purdue University, she played three seasons for the Boilers. The Global Vice Chair – Public Policy for EY (formerly Ernst & Young), she has been named six times to Forbes’ “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” list. Married, she resides in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Dianna Christensen was a three-sport star at John Marshall High School, where she averaged 17.5 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals per game as a senior, leading to a spot on the inaugural girls Indiana All-Star team in 1976. A three-sport athlete at Indiana University, she excelled in softball, helping the Hoosiers to three College World Series appearances. In her 30th year in education, she taught in Indiana schools for 15 years and is now in her 15th year as a teacher in Portland, Oregon. She resides in Portland, Oregon.
Kelly (Lane) Clauss averaged over 20 points per game as a sophomore, junior and senior and double-digit rebounds at Vincennes Rivet, leading to two-time 1st team all-state honors. Playing at Indiana University of Evansville (now University of Southern Indiana) and Vincennes University, she was among the nation’s leaders in free throw percentage (81.2%) in 1985. Previous to her high school career, she was a two-time Elks National Free Throw contest national champion and four-time national finalist. Employed as Vice President of Medical Practice Management and Support Services at Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jasper, she is married and resides in Washington, Indiana.
Courtney (Cox) Cole scored 1,869 points and was a member of three state finalist teams, including the 1987 state champions, at Noblesville High School. Graduating as Indiana’s 4th leading all-time girls’ scorer, Cox was a three-time 1st team all-state selection, 1989 Indiana All-Star, 1989 USA Today and Parade Magazine 1st team All-American and received the 1988 Dial Award as the national high school athlete/scholar of the year. A starter for two seasons at Indiana University, including their 1991 WNIT runner-up team, she excelled in golf and was a three-time Academic All-American and three times named all-Big Ten. Now co-owner of Hare Chevrolet in Noblesville, she resides in Noblesville and has two children.
Hedy (Pottorff) George created and coached the Columbus North girls program to 10 sectional championships and won 68% of their games over her 15-year head coaching career. Taking the reins in 1973, her teams were 187-86 through 1991, winning 10 sectionals in the 13 seasons of IHSAA girls basketball of her coaching career. A 1967 graduate of Columbus High School, she played four seasons of basketball at the University of Kentucky. Since college, she has a 43-year continuous involvement with Columbus North athletics as a teacher, coach, assistant athletic director, athletic director and currently as executive director of the Bull Dog Alumni Association. Married and the mother of two, she resides in Columbus.
Vicki Hall was named Indiana’s 1988 Indiana Miss Basketball and received the Gatorade and Naismith National Player of the Year awards after averaging 26.4 points and 11.5 rebounds her senior year at Brebeuf. Scoring 1,755 points, a career average of 20.2 points per game, she graduated as Indiana’s 7th all-time leading girls’ scorer. Starting 112 of 117 career games at the University of Texas, she recorded 1,831 points and 887 rebounds, graduating as their 5th all-time leading scorer, 5th all-time leading rebounder and career leader in three-point field goals made and three-point percentage. Following a 16-year professional career in seven countries, including the WNBA, she is in her 6th season as a women’s college assistant coach. Following stints at Miami (OH) and New Mexico, she is the associate head coach at the University of Toledo and resides in Toledo, Ohio.
Mike Hey led the Leo girls basketball program to 360 wins and statewide prominence during his 26-year coaching career. Leading the Lions to 15 conference championships, 11 county tournament championships, five sectional titles and a regional championship, Hey retired as the 12th all-time winningest Indiana girls high school coach in 2005 and is the 17th winningest retired girls coach in state history. Also winning over 300 games as a 24-year varsity baseball coach at Leo, Hey spent 38 years as a teacher and 36 years coaching. A 1963 graduate of Columbia City H.S., he is married and resides in Auburn, Indiana.
MaChelle Joseph averaged a state-best 35.1 points per game her senior season at DeKalb High School, leading to 1988 Parade Magazine and Street & Smith’s All-American honors and the 1988 Indiana All-Star team. Scoring 1,633 career points, including a single-game best of 57, she was a member of high school teams that were 90-12 over four years. Graduating from Purdue as the all-time leading scorer in school (men or women) and Big Ten Conference history (2,405 points) and the only player in Big Ten history to rank in the top ten in career points and assists, she was an All-American and the 1992 Women’s Basketball News College Player of the Year. In her 12th season as head women’s coach at Georgia Tech, she has the highest winning percentage in program history and could become the winningest coach in program history in January.
Tom Megyesi led Lake Central to the 1994 girls state championship and three state finals appearances in the midst of a 24-year coaching career with the Indians. Megyesi’s teams won 11 sectionals, four regionals and three semi-state championships, reaching the 1995 state finals and a 1998 state runner-up finish as part of his 380 career wins, including one season at Washington Township H.S. A two-time State Coach of the Year, Megyesi is a 1968 graduate of Michigan’s Okemos H.S. Now in his 8th season as the head women’s coach at Purdue University Calumet, he is the program’s all-time winningest coach. Married, he resides in Chesterton.
Kris (Veatch) Nolan set numerous records at Zionsville H.S. including becoming their first girls player to score 1,000 career points. Leading Eagles teams to three conference championships and a 49-13 record over her final three seasons, she had single-game bests of 45 points and 22 rebounds, totaling 1,047 points and 810 rebounds in her career. She became a 1988 All-American at New Mexico State University, where she scored a school record 1,768 points and her 966 rebounds ranked 2ndin program history. In all, sh