COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (June 2, 2023) – USA Basketball legend Katrina McClain has been selected to the FIBA Hall of Fame Class of 2023, FIBA announced Friday. McClain is one of 12 members of a class that also includes Yao Ming (CHN), Wlamir Marques (BRA) and Penny Taylor (AUS).
The inductees will be enshrined on Aug. 23, at a prestigious ceremony in Manila ahead of the 2023 FIBA Men's World Cup.
McClain, a three-time U.S. Olympic medalist, including gold medals in 1988 and 1996, also captured FIBA World Championship gold medals in 1986 and 1990, Goodwill Games gold in 1986 and 1990, a Pan American Games title in 1987 and the 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival gold.
Twice selected USA Basketball's Female Athlete of the Year in 1988 and 1992, McClain played on 13 USA Basketball teams and compiled an overall record of 118-5 (.959%) while winning eight gold, one silver and three bronze medals.
McClain, who played collegiately at the University of Georgia, was a member of the historic 1996 USA Basketball Women's National Team that rolled to a remarkable 52-0 record in the 10 months leading up to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. At the 1996 Games, she was selected to help carry the IOC flag into the stadium during the Opening Ceremony before leading the U.S. to an 8-0 record.
Already a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2012), Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (2006) and Georgia Sports Hall of Fame (2005), McClain played eight years professionally overseas and in the American Basketball League (ABL).
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