Notre Dame head women’s basketball coach Muffet McGraw, a two-time consensus national coach of the year and winner of more than 700 games in her illustrious career, was named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, it was announced Tuesday.
McGraw will receive the Hall’s Silver Medal, which is presented annually in recognition of contributions to Indiana high school basketball other than as an Indiana high school player or high school coach. With the Silver Medal comes induction to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame as part of its Class of 2014, marking the fifth time the Fighting Irish coach has been chosen for a prestigious hall of fame, and first since her induction into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.
"I’m humbled and overwhelmed to be chosen as the recipient of this year’s Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Silver Medal and to be a member of the Hall of Fame Class of 2014," McGraw said. "My family and I have called Indiana home for 27 years and have come to understand exactly what the sport of basketball means to our state’s heritage and how important it is to proud Hoosiers everywhere.
"The Notre Dame women’s basketball program is pleased to have played a part in the growth of Indiana girls’ basketball throughout the past three decades and we are excited to continue that development in the future," she added. "I would like to thank the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Directors for this honor and congratulate the other incredibly talented and successful members of the Hall of Fame Class of 2014. I look forward to being a part of the Hall of Fame celebration next April in Indianapolis."
The others in McGraw’s Hall of Fame class include: Ellen DeVoe, Marilyn (Reckelhoff) Dippel, Laura Foreman, Greg Kirby (former head coach at Valparaiso High School and assistant at Valparaiso University), Kim (Barrier) McGuire (1986 Miss Basketball from Jimtown High School and one of the top players in Elkhart County history), Teri Moren (currently head coach at Indiana State), Lori (Meinerding) Morris-DeVries, Brenda (Kelsay) Simmons, Lisha (Robertson) Wilson and Jenny (Eckert) Zorger.
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