STANFORD, Calif. - Jennifer Azzi, one of the most respected and accomplished figures in women's basketball, will be inducted into the Pac-12 Conference Hall of Honor.
Azzi has made her mark on the game of basketball through a decorated career as a player, coach and now global director of the NBA Academy.
Azzi led Stanford to two Pac-10 titles and the first NCAA championship in school history as a senior in 1990. The best player in the country that season, Azzi won the Wade Trophy, Naismith Trophy, Honda-Broderick Award, USBWA National Player of the Year Award and was named the NCAA Final Four MVP. The economics major was a four-year team captain and two-time Women's Basketball Coaches Association All-American.
A three-time All-Pacific-10 performer and the 1990 Pac-10 Player of the Year, Azzi left The Farm as the school's career leader in assists (751), steals (271) and 3-pointers made (191) and second in scoring (1,634). Despite a collegiate career that ended three decades ago, she still sits 15th in NCAA history in career 3-point field goal percentage (.452).
In 1996, Azzi earned an Olympic gold medal with Team USA in Atlanta and is also a two-time FIBA World Champion (1990, 1998). She played professional basketball for 13 years, including four in the WNBA, where she finished her career as the league's 3-point field goal percentage leader.
A member of several Hall of Fames, including the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (2009) and the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame (1995), Azzi was the head coach at San Francisco for six seasons from 2011-16 and led the Dons to the 2016 WCC Tournament title and their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 19 seasons.
In her current role with the NBA Academy, Azzi is working to grow the international game and provide opportunities for women around the world.
Formal induction will take place on Friday, March 13 during a ceremony prior to the semifinals of the 2020 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament, presented by New York Life. Following induction, the class will be honored during a special halftime ceremony of the day's first semifinal matchup at T-Mobile Arena.
The 2020 Hall of Honor class will be the 19th since its creation in 2002, and the third to feature legendary figures from an array of sports after the Pac-12 expanded the field to be inclusive of the broad-based athletics success across the Conference of Champions. Each year a new inductee from each Pac-12 university is welcome into the Hall of Honor.
From Olympic Gold Medalists and Super Bowl Champions to NBA and WNBA veterans to NCAA Champions and collegiate athletics trailblazers, the 2020 class features another star-studded list of inductees, including Sean Rooks (Arizona), Melissa Belote Ripley (Arizona State), Don Bowden (California), Bill Marolt (Colorado), Dan Fouts (Oregon), Joni Huntley (Oregon State), Jonathan Ogden (UCLA), Barbara Hedges (USC), Kathy Kreiner-Phillips (Utah), Lincoln Kennedy (Washington), Jeanne Eggart Helfer (Washington State).