Whalen, Peck headline women's hoops HOF class

Former Minnesota Lynx prima Lindsay Whalen and ESPN expert Carolyn Peck, the archetypal Black caput manager to triumph the NCAA women's hoops tournament, are among 5 women who volition beryllium inducted adjacent twelvemonth into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, it was announced Sunday.

The induction volition beryllium April 29 astatine the hallway successful Knoxville, Tennessee.

Whalen, who was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame successful Springfield, Massachusetts, successful September, led Minnesota to the 2004 women's Final Four and is present caput women's hoops manager astatine her alma mater. She won 2 Olympic golden medals with Team USA.

Whalen helped pb the Lynx to 4 WNBA titles and besides led the Connecticut Sun to the 2004 and 2005 WNBA Finals.

Peck led Purdue to the 1999 NCAA title, a breakthrough accomplishment for Black caput coaches successful the women's game. Peck, who played collegiately astatine Vanderbilt, besides has been a caput manager successful the WNBA and for the Florida Gators, on with being a collegiate adjunct astatine Tennessee, Kentucky, Purdue and her alma mater.

Peck is simply a longtime commentator and expert for women's assemblage hoops and the WNBA for ESPN.

The different inductees are Illinois State standout and 1984 Olympic golden medalist Cathy Boswell, erstwhile Texas women's diversion manager Donna Lopiano and longtime collegiate and WNBA referee Lisa Mattingly.

Lopiano was manager of the Women's Sports Foundation from 1992 to 2007, aft being an head astatine Texas from 1975 to 1992. Women's teams won 18 nationalist championships successful six antithetic sports astatine Texas during her clip there.

Mattingly officiated for 38 years, including successful 10 NCAA women's title games and 5 WNBA Finals.

The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame besides announced its recipient for the Trailblazers of the Game Award, which volition spell to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).