STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford's Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball Tara VanDerveer will be enshrined in the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame as part of its 2019 class, which also includes Dave Dravecky, Brad Gilbert, Jason Kidd and Keena Turner.
VanDerveer and the other four inductees will be honored at the 40th Annual Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame Enshrinement Banquet on Thursday, May 2 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, Calif. VanDerveer will be presented for induction by Stanford's Harry K. and Ida S. Berland Associate Head Coach Kate Paye.
In a storied career, VanDerveer has established herself as one of the top coaches in the history of collegiate and international women's basketball, and been inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2011) and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2002).
An ambassador for both Stanford University and the sport of basketball, VanDerveer has enjoyed an unprecedented level of success through an energetic and positive approach to the game. A four-time national coach of the year and 15-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year, VanDerveer has accumulated an impressive 1,053-244 record in her 40 years as a collegiate head coach and an 901-193 record over 33 seasons at Stanford.
VanDerveer has led her Stanford teams to two NCAA Championships (1990, 1992), 12 NCAA Final Four appearances, 22 Pac-12 regular-season titles, 12 Pac-12 Tournament crowns and 30 trips to the NCAA Tournament.
The Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that began in 1979 with the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce's Sports Committee and Lou Spadia, former president of the San Francisco 49ers. Now in its 40th year and adhering to its goal of honoring local athletic legends in the name of benefiting youth sports, BASHOF has donated over $4 million to over 600 youth sports programs in the Bay Area since inception.
