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Achievements & Awards

First female Head Coach for the Dallas Mavericks NBA D League Team, "Texas Legends"
2008-Present - ESPN/ABC analyst for the NBA, WNBA and NCAA Basketball
2008 Inducted into the Hampton Road Hall of Fame (Virginia)
July 24, 2008 played for the Detroit Shock and became the oldest player in league history at age 50.
Women's Sports Foundation president 1999-2000.
1998-2000 Coach and General Manager for the Detroit Shock of the WNBA.
The Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award presented to the top collegiate point guard in women's college basketball. It's presented by the Rotary Club of Detroit.
1997 Played in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury
Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in 1996.
She also became the first woman to be inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame.
First woman to ever play in a men's professional league in 1986 with the Springfield Fame and in 1987 with the Long Island Knights of the USBL.
Basketball Weekly All-American (second team) 1978.
Street & Smith pre-season Player of the Year 1978, 1979, 1980.
Norfolk Sports Club Athlete of the Year 1979-80.
ODU Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year 1977,1978,1979.
Pan-Am Games 1979
Captain of 1977 Pan-Am Team
1st Team All-State 1978, 1979,1980
MVP Player of the Year 1978, 1979, 1980
MVP Virginia State Tournament 1978, 1979, 1980
Young American of 1980 Boys Scouts of America
Jewish Athlete of the Year 1979
AIAW Division I National Championships All-Media Team 1980
Optimist Classic All-Tournament 1980
Best Defensive Player Detroit Coca-Cola Classic 1979
MVP Detroit Coca-Cola Classic
MVI NWIT 1978
National Women's Invitation All-American 1977 and 1978
National Scouting Association All-American 1979
Kodak All-Region 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
Broderick Cup 1980
Kodak All-American 1978, 1979, 1980
Two-time Wade Trophy National Player of the Year winner (1979 & 1980)
Member of Pan Am Games 1975 gold and 1979 silver medals
Member of World Championship teams 1975, 1979 gold medal
At 18, became the youngest player in Olympic history to win a medal. In the 1976 Women's Olympic Basketball Team that won a silver in Montreal.
Member of Jones Cup team 1979
Member of Junior National Team 1977