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Inducted June 8, 2001 Kelly followed Frank at Notre Dame and they became the first father-son to be inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame. While Frank was a star quarterback at ND and in the pros, basketball was Kelly’s Sport. He was a...

Inducted June 22, 2017 At John F. Kennedy College, Simpson enjoyed a stellar collegiate basketball career leading her team to two National AAU Championships.  She was a four-time AAU All-America and was twice named MVP of the tournament (1973 and 1974).  Simpson competed in eleven international...

Inducted June 3, 1982 A high school All-State selection in Ohio, Payak moved on to Bowling Green University where he was a starting guard his freshman year and, using an assortment of one-handed jump shots and two-handed set shots, scored nearly 1,000 points in four years...

Inducted June 21, 2012 Excelling as a student athlete at Rutgers from 1978 to 1982, Olkowski led the Scarlet Knights to the AIAW National Championship in her senior season averaging 19.6 points and 10.1 rebounds. She became only the second Rutgers player to be named a...

Inducted June 13, 1996 Bob Kurland-basketball’s first great seven-footer-was too tall 50 years too soon. Although he led Jennings High in St. Louis to two state finals, college coaches didn’t want to take the time to develop tall players-except Henry Iba, who offered Kurland a scholarship...

Inducted June 12, 2008 Christian Laettner is widely considered one of the greatest college basketball players of all time.  During his four-year collegiate career at Duke University, Laettner averaged 16.6 points and 7.7 rebounds per game, and twice earned All-American honors while leading the Blue Devils to...

Inducted August 8, 2002 Mitch Kupchak played for the University of North Carolina and legendary coach Dean Smith. He was ACC Player of the Year in 1976 as he averaged 17.6 points and 11.3 rebounds. Prior to this, he was the starting center on the gold-medal...

Inducted June 13, 1991 Duke University’s basketball program (since his arrival in 1980) has the indelible Coach K brand: 11 straight seasons of at least 23 wins (1984-1994), 14 upper-division finishes in the past 15 years in the Atlantic Coast Conference, five straight NCAA Final Four...

Inducted June 21, 2018 The 6’ 9” forward attended the University of Montana and holds the school records for points and rebounds in a career.  The only Big Sky conference player to be named conference MVP three times (1984-’86), and the only player in Montana’s history...

Inducted June 8, 2006 Born and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey, Hurley played basketball at St. Anthony’s High School where he was coached by his father, Bobby Hurley, Sr. Despite his small size, the 6 foot, 155 pound playmaker was recruited by every top basketball...