Nancy Lieberman is one of the most accomplished and recognized individuals in the history of women’s basketball. The New York native came to the Commonwealth in 1976 and put together one of the greatest collegiate careers in history as a member of the Old Dominion University Lady Monarchs basketball team. During her four years on campus, she led the Lady Monarchs to two consecutive AIAW national championships (1979 and 1980), and one NWIT championship in 1978. She is a two-time winner of the Wade Trophy for best upperclass female basketball player in the country (’79-’80), two-time Honda Sports Award winner for basketball (’79-’80), and in 1980 was selected as the Honda Broderick Cup recipient as the best collegiate female athlete in America. She earned three consecutive Kodak All-America awards (1978-79-80) and posted collegiate statistical totals of 2,430 points, 1,167 rebounds, 983 assists and more than 700 steals in her 134-game career. In 1976, representing team USA at the Summer Olympics, Lieberman became the youngest basketball player in Olympic history to win a medal, when the United States captured the silver medal. Following college, Lieberman played professionally in the Women’s Basketball League (WBL), Women’s American Basketball Association (WABA), and the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). She has also held coaching positions in the WNBA, the NBA G-League, and BIG3 men’s professional league, leading Team Power to the 2018 Championship. She is a 1996 inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and a 1999 inductee into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
