Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame Class Of 2022

class of 2022 Enshrinement Ceremony

September 9, 2022 – We at Baron® are grateful to have been apart of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2022 Enshrinement.

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2022 Enshrinement Ceremony festivities will be on September 9-10, 2022. The Class of 2022 will enshrine 13 honourees during the festivities in Springfield, Mass., the Birthplace of Basketball.

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“The Class of 2022 is ripe with individuals who have had a significant historical impact on the game we love. We congratulate and thank them for everything they’ve done to better the sport and look forward to honoring them during Enshrinement this fall,” said John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame illustrates the process by which finalists can be elected. North American and Women’s Committee finalists must receive 18 of 24 votes from the Honors Committee for election into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Direct elect committees are incorporated into the election process to maintain a strong focus on keeping history at the forefront of the voting procedures. As well as, to preserve a balance between two eras of basketball.

The Class of 2022 includes thirteen honorees from the North American and Women’s committees:

• two-time NBA All-Star and four-time NBA Champion Manu Ginobili
• five-time NBA All-Star Tim Hardaway
• two-time NCAA National Coach of the Year Bob Huggins
• the NBA’s sixth-winningest coach of all-time George Karl
• longtime NBA referee Hugh Evans
• five-time WNBA All-Star, three-time WNBA Champion, and two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Lindsay Whalen
• four-time WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Swin Cash
• NCAA National Champion and WNBA Coach of the Year Marianne Stanley

Evans served as an NBA Official for 28 consecutive years (1973-2001), tallying over 1,900 regular-season games, 170 playoff games, 35 NBA Finals games, and four NBA All-Star Games.

Following his on-court officiating career, Evans worked as the NBA Assistant Supervisor of Officials (2001-03).

He is a recipient of the Each One Teach One Community Service Award and is enshrined in the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame as well as the North Carolina A&T Hall of Fame.

Ginobili is a two-time NBA All-Star (2005, 2011) and four-time NBA Champion with the San Antonio Spurs (2003, 2005, 2007, 2014).

Over his 16-year NBA career, all with the Spurs, the Argentine guard amassed 14,043 points, 4,001 assists, 3,697 rebounds, and 1,392 steals and was honored with the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 2008, as well as twice being named the All-NBA Third Team (2008, 2011).

On the international stage, Ginobili helped deliver the first and only Gold Medal in the country’s basketball history at the 2004 Olympics, as well as the bronze at the 2008 games.

He joins Bill Bradley as the only two players to have won a EuroLeague title (2001), an NBA Championship, and an Olympic Gold Medal.

A 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist, Hardaway played 13 NBA seasons scoring a total of 15,373 points while averaging more than 20 points per game for four consecutive seasons.

He is the 1990 recipient of the Jack McMahon Award for a most inspirational player and a 1997 All-NBA First Team selection. He currently ranks 18th in NBA history with 7,095 career assists.

The Chicago native was a member of the men’s basketball team at the University of Texas at El Paso (1985-1989) and is known for making his signature move – the “UTEP Two-step” – famous in 1989, the same year he was named WAC Player of the Year.

Huggins has been coaching in the collegiate ranks for 45 years, including the last 15 as the head coach at West Virginia University.

Over the course of his career, Huggins has led his teams to 25 NCAA Tournament berths, including nine appearances in the Sweet Sixteen (1992, 1993, 1996, 200, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018), four trips to the Elite Eight (1992, 1993, 1996, 2010), and two appearances in the NCAA Final Four (1992, 2010).

For 16 years as the head coach at the University of Cincinnati (1989-2005), Huggins led the Bearcats to:

• 8 Conference USA regular-season Championships (1996-2002, 2004)
• 4 Conference USA Tournament championships (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004)
• three-time Conference USA Coach of the Year (1998-2000)
• honored as the Conference USA Coach of the Decade in 2005

On the national level, he was tabbed as the Sporting News National Coach of the Year in 2000 and the ESPN.com National Coach of the Year in 2002.

Karl spent 27 seasons as a head coach in the NBA leading:

• the Cleveland Cavaliers (1984-1986)
• the Golden State Warriors (1986-88)
• the Seattle Supersonics (1992-1998)
• the Milwaukee Bucks (1998-2003)
• the Denver Nuggets (2005-2013)
• the Sacramento Kings (2015-2016)

During his career, he guided five different franchises to a total of 22 playoff appearances, led the Supersonics to the NBA Finals (1996), was named the NBA Coach of the Year (2013), and was called upon to be an All-Star Game head coach four times (1994, 1996, 1998, 2010).

Karl owns a lifetime coaching record of 1,175-824 (.588), ranking sixth all-time in NBA career wins, and posted 12 seasons of 50+ victories and three seasons of 60-plus.

Cash is a four-time WNBA All-Star (2003, 2005, 2009, 2011) and two-time Olympic gold medalist (2004, 2012).

A true Champion, Cash was a member of three WNBA Championship teams during her 15-year career with:

• the Detroit Shock (2003, 2006)
• the Seattle Storm (2010)

Additionally, Cash was a Champion in two NCAA National Championships at the University of Connecticut (2000, 2002) and a Gold Medalist at the 2010 FIBA World Championships.

Cash was recognized as one of the 20 best WNBA players of all time in 2016 as she was twice named WNBA All-Star Game MVP (2009, 2011) and twice received All-WNBA Second Team (2003-2004) honours.

During her collegiate career, she was named the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player and received Kodak First Team All-America honors in 2002 after UConn won their third national title in program history after finishing the season a perfect 39-0.

In 2021, Cash was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.

Coaching in the collegiate and professional ranks for a combined 45 years, Stanley currently serves as the head coach of the WNBA’s Indiana Fever.

For 22 years, Marianne Stanley was a college coach with:

• Old Dominion (1977-1987)
• Penn (1987-1989)
• USC (1989-1993)
• Stanford (1995-1996)
• Cal (1995-1996)

Stanley compiled a 416-222 (.652) record, including an NCAA National Championship in 1985, three Final Four appearances (1983, 1985, 1996), and back-to-back AIAW National Titles (1979-1980).

She has accumulated numerous Coach of the Year honors, including:

• AIAW National Coach of the Year (1979)
• Virginia Coach of the Year (1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985)
• Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year (1984, 1985)
• Pac-10 Conference Coach of the Year (1993)
• WNBA Coach of the Year (2002)

On the national team level, she helped lead the United States to a Goodwill Games Gold Medal (1983) and FIBA World Championship Gold Medal (1986). Stanley has been enshrined in the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (2002) and the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame (2010).

Whalen is a five-time WNBA All-Star (2006, 2011, 2013-2015), four-time WNBA Champion (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017), and two-time Olympic Gold Medalist (2012, 2016).

After averaging 11.5 points and 4.9 assists over 15 seasons in the WNBA, she was named to the WNBA First Team three times (2008, 2011, 2013) and was recognized as one of the 20 best WNBA players of all time in 2016. Whalen ranks third all-time in assists (2,345) and led the league in total assists five times (2007, 2011-2015) and assists per game on three occasions (2008, 2011, 2012).

During her collegiate career at the University of Minnesota, Whalen led the Golden Gophers to the NCAA Final Four in 2004 and was twice named a finalist for the Naismith Award (2003, 2004) and Wade Trophy (2003, 2004).

She also received numerous accolades for her on-court performance, including:

• being named to the Kodak/WBCA All-America Team (2003-2004)
• USBWA All-America Team (2002-2004)
• AP Second Team All-America Team (2003-2004)
• the All-Big Ten First Team (2002-2004)

Whalen currently serves as the head coach of the women’s basketball program at her alma mater.

Recognized posthumously, Costello was:

• a six-time NBA All-Star (1958-1962, 1965)
• a member of the 1967 World Champion Philadelphia 76ers
• coached the Milwaukee Bucks to the 1971 NBA title, as well as a Finals appearance in 1974

As a player, he averaged 12.2 points and 4.9 assists per game over 12 NBA seasons, earning All-NBA Second Team in 1961. Known as the last two-handed set shooter, the point guard led the NBA in free throw percentage twice (.881 in 1963; .877 in 1965).

As a coach, he was one of the first people to employ a working, accountable assistant coach and employ videotape to analyze the game. He also traveled extensively for the U.S. State Department, lecturing in Germany, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

Costello is also a member of the Niagara University Hall of Fame, Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame, Greater Buffalo Hall of Fame, and the New York State Hall of Fame.

Harris has dedicated his life to basketball, serving as a coach, mentor, and tireless advocate for the game. In his more than 50-year coaching career, he coached every level of the sport, ranging from junior high hoops to the NBA.

Harris is deeply respected by players, coaches, and executives alike, having earned:

• the Jerry Colangelo Award for Leadership and Character in 2010
• the Coach John Wooden “Keys to Excellence” Award in 2014
• the Basketball Hall of Fame’s John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019

For over 35 years, he served as both a treasured assistant coach and head coach of several franchises including the Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Chicago Bulls, and New Jersey Nets.

Harris led the Houston Rockers to the NBA Finals in 1981 and was recognized as the NBA Coach of the Year in 1995 while at the helm of the Los Angeles Lakers. Harris currently serves as Vice President of the Mavericks G League affiliate, the Texas Legends, while providing game analysis for the Mavericks on Fox Sports Southwest.

He is also a member of the NAIA Basketball Hall of Fame and Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

Recognized posthumously, Korac is known as Yugoslavia’s first basketball superstar, helping lead the country to the silver medal at the 1968 Olympics after leading all players in averaging 23.6 points per game during the Games.

He also led Yugoslavia to silver medals in FIBA World Cup play in 1963 and 1967. He still holds the EuroLeague’s all-time single-game scoring record with 99 points in a game vs. Alviks during the 1964-65 season.

Korac tragically passed away in a car accident in 1969 at the age of 30 and has been remembered as the namesake of FIBA’s Korac Cup in 1971 and Serbia’s Korac Cup in 2002.

He was named one of FIBA’s Greatest Players in 1991, was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007, and was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008.

Congratulations to the Class of 2022 and all the Award winners! Your contributions to the basketball community are greatly appreciated and recognized for your multiple achievements. Your passion for supporting and guiding basketball athletes so they may achieve greatness.

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