WNBA stars Swin Cash and Lindsay Whalen have been elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, as part of the official announcement Saturday.
Swin Cash is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2022!
β UConn Womenβs Basketball (@UConnWBB) April 2, 2022
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Cash, A four-time WNBA All-Star, played six seasons with the Detroit Shock, averaging 12.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game and guiding the team to two WNBA championships.
The guard also played with the Seattle Storm, Chicago Sky, Atlanta Dream and New York Liberty during her 15-year career and now serves as the vice president of basketball operations and team development for the New Orleans Pelicans.
Before turning pro, Cash led UConn to a historic 39-0 season and an NCAA championship as a senior in 2002. She finished her college career as a two-time national champion and the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player in 2002.
Cash, 42, is also a 2004 and 2012 Olympic gold medalist and in September was named to the βW25,β a list of the WNBAβs best 25 players of all time.
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Whalen joins Cash in the Hall of Fameβs Class of 2022.
The current University of Minnesota head coach led the Gophers to a Final Four as a player before entering the WNBA in 2004.
Whalen retired from the WNBA in 2018 after five seasons with the Connecticut Sun and eight seasons with the Minnesota Lynx, where she won four WNBA championships. The five-time WNBA All-Star has won more games than any other player in the league, with 307 total victories.
An integral part of Team USA, Whalen also has two gold medals from the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.
Former WNBA star Swin Cash has reportedly been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, per The Athleticβs Shams Charania,Β with the official announcement to come Saturday at the menβs Final Four in New Orleans.
The lone WNBA inductee this season, Cash played six seasons with the Detroit Shock, averaging 12.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game.
A four-time WNBA All-Star, she also played with the Seattle Storm, Chicago Sky, Atlanta Dream and New York Liberty during her 15-year career. Over 479 career games, she averaged 10.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists. She was named to the βW25,β a list of the WNBAβs best 25 players of all time, in September.
She helped lead the Shock to two WNBA championships, in 2003 and 2006, before being traded to the Storm in 2008. She also won two Olympic gold medals on Team USA and helped lead UConn to two NCAA titles before being selected second overall in the 2002 WNBA draft behind teammate Sue Bird.
Cash now works for the New Orleans Pelicans in their front office.
Bird, who won a WNBA title with Cash in 2010 while she was with the Storm, reacted to the news on Twitter.
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β Sue Bird (@S10Bird) April 1, 2022
This year marked Cashβs third time Cash as a finalist for the Hall of Fame. NBA stars Manu Ginobili and Tim Hardaway, former NBA coach George Karl and longtime West Virginia coach Bob Huggins also reportedly will be inducted.