Pat Summitt going into Basketball Hall of Fame for second time with two other Lady Vols
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will welcome Tennessee Lady Vols basketball legends Pat Summitt, Patricia Roberts and Cindy Brogdon to its 2023 class on Saturday in Springfield, Massachusetts.
With the trio's efforts along with the rest of the U.S. Olympic team that won silver in 1976, they will all be honored together with a list of other notable basketball contributors.
All three were on the roster and played a significant part in the Summer Olympic games.
While Summitt was training for the games, she was also the Lady Vols coach. As she played alongside Roberts and Brogdon, she recruited them and got them to transfer to UT.
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After the three were reunited, they helped start a legacy that made the Lady Vols one of women's college basketball's top programs. Summitt won eight national championships and 1,098 games before she retired in 2012 after being diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's.
Summitt, who was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame as a coach in 2000, died in 2016.
Roberts helped the Lady Vols make their first Final Four in 1977. Brodgon joined the Lady Vols the next season and helped Tennessee make the Final Four in 1979.
This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Basketball Hall of Fame inducting Pat Summitt, two other Lady Vols
