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Bev Smith Selected for Pac-12 Hall of Honor
03/06/19 | Women's Basketball
SAN FRANCISCO – Oregon women's basketball star Bev Smith has been selected for the 2019 Pac-12 Hall of Honor, the conference announced on Wednesday.
Formal induction will take place on March 15 during a ceremony prior to the semifinals of the 2019 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 on March 15 with tickets available at Pac-12.com/tickets.
The 2019 Hall of Honor class will be the 18th since its creation in 2002, and the second to feature legendary figures from an array of sports after the Pac-12 last season expanded the field to be inclusive of the broad-based athletics success across the Conference of Champions. From NCAA champions, Super Bowl champions and World Series champions to Olympic medalists to legendary coaches, the 2019 class features a star-studded list of inductees.
2019 Pac-12 Hall of Honor
• Meg Ritchie-Stone (Arizona)
• Frank Kush (Arizona State)
• Natalie Coughlin (California)
• Lisa Van Goor (Colorado)
• Bev Smith (Oregon)
• Dick Fosbury (Oregon State)
• Dick Gould (Stanford)
• Ann Meyers Drysdale (UCLA)
• Ronnie Lott (USC)
• Steve Smith Sr. (Utah)
• Patricia "Trish" Bostrom (Washington)
• John Olerud (Washington State)
Among the many combined accolades of this year's inductee class includes: 14 Olympic medals, nine bowl victories, eight members named to a Pac-12 All-Century Team, seven All-Americans, five Olympic athletes, five NCAA team or individual national championships as collegians, four Super Bowl victories, two members of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, two members of the College Football Hall of Fame, two members of their country's Olympic Hall of Fame, one member of the Naismith Hall of Fame and one back-to-back World Series winner.
Celebrating the broad-based example of excellence, the 2019 Pac-12 Hall of Honor class is part of a rich history of champions for the Conference. The Pac-12 leads the list for the most NCAA titles by any league with 516 across 29 different sports, including nation-leading totals for men's (301), women's (185) and combined (30).
One of the greatest players in Oregon women's basketball history, Bev Smith helped lead the Ducks to a 93-19 record over her four seasons, including two AIAW tournament trips and one NCAA tournament appearance. A member of the University of Oregon's inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame class in 1992, she established school records for points scored in a single game (38), season (632) and career (2,063); rebounds in one game (26), season (376) and career (1,362); career assists (443); as well as steals in a single game (11), season (95) and career (349) and still holds several school records. Following her legendary collegiate career she continued to play internationally as a member of the Canadian national team for 10 years, highlighted by a fourth-place finish at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. After playing professionally in Italy for 15 years she returned to take over as the head coach in Eugene in 2001 with the Ducks winning a WNIT title in her first of eight seasons coaching her alma mater.
The 2019 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament will take place Wednesday – Saturday, March 13-16 with an action-packed 11 games over four intense days in the event's third year at Las Vegas' hottest new sports and entertainment venue, T-Mobile Arena. Since moving to T-Mobile Arena, the event has enjoyed back-to-back years of total attendance over 80,000, just the second time in Tournament history that total attendance surpassed 80,000 in successive years, including an event-record 86,910 in 2017's debut at the venue. All-Tournament Passes for this year's event, which provide fans the best locations for the best price, and single-session tickets are available at Pac-12.com/tickets.
Formal induction will take place on March 15 during a ceremony prior to the semifinals of the 2019 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 on March 15 with tickets available at Pac-12.com/tickets.
The 2019 Hall of Honor class will be the 18th since its creation in 2002, and the second to feature legendary figures from an array of sports after the Pac-12 last season expanded the field to be inclusive of the broad-based athletics success across the Conference of Champions. From NCAA champions, Super Bowl champions and World Series champions to Olympic medalists to legendary coaches, the 2019 class features a star-studded list of inductees.
2019 Pac-12 Hall of Honor
• Meg Ritchie-Stone (Arizona)
• Frank Kush (Arizona State)
• Natalie Coughlin (California)
• Lisa Van Goor (Colorado)
• Bev Smith (Oregon)
• Dick Fosbury (Oregon State)
• Dick Gould (Stanford)
• Ann Meyers Drysdale (UCLA)
• Ronnie Lott (USC)
• Steve Smith Sr. (Utah)
• Patricia "Trish" Bostrom (Washington)
• John Olerud (Washington State)
Among the many combined accolades of this year's inductee class includes: 14 Olympic medals, nine bowl victories, eight members named to a Pac-12 All-Century Team, seven All-Americans, five Olympic athletes, five NCAA team or individual national championships as collegians, four Super Bowl victories, two members of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, two members of the College Football Hall of Fame, two members of their country's Olympic Hall of Fame, one member of the Naismith Hall of Fame and one back-to-back World Series winner.
Celebrating the broad-based example of excellence, the 2019 Pac-12 Hall of Honor class is part of a rich history of champions for the Conference. The Pac-12 leads the list for the most NCAA titles by any league with 516 across 29 different sports, including nation-leading totals for men's (301), women's (185) and combined (30).
Bev Smith, Oregon (1978-82)
One of the greatest players in Oregon women's basketball history, Bev Smith helped lead the Ducks to a 93-19 record over her four seasons, including two AIAW tournament trips and one NCAA tournament appearance. A member of the University of Oregon's inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame class in 1992, she established school records for points scored in a single game (38), season (632) and career (2,063); rebounds in one game (26), season (376) and career (1,362); career assists (443); as well as steals in a single game (11), season (95) and career (349) and still holds several school records. Following her legendary collegiate career she continued to play internationally as a member of the Canadian national team for 10 years, highlighted by a fourth-place finish at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. After playing professionally in Italy for 15 years she returned to take over as the head coach in Eugene in 2001 with the Ducks winning a WNIT title in her first of eight seasons coaching her alma mater.
The 2019 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament will take place Wednesday – Saturday, March 13-16 with an action-packed 11 games over four intense days in the event's third year at Las Vegas' hottest new sports and entertainment venue, T-Mobile Arena. Since moving to T-Mobile Arena, the event has enjoyed back-to-back years of total attendance over 80,000, just the second time in Tournament history that total attendance surpassed 80,000 in successive years, including an event-record 86,910 in 2017's debut at the venue. All-Tournament Passes for this year's event, which provide fans the best locations for the best price, and single-session tickets are available at Pac-12.com/tickets.
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