Former Lady Vol Chamique Holdsclaw among Women's Basketball Hall of Fame finalists

Tennessee’s all-time leading scorer and a former Lady Vols assistant coach are among the finalists for the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018.

Former UT standout Chamique Holdsclaw and Mickie DeMoss, who was instrumental in UT’s rise to prominence, are among 10 candidates who were announced Thursday night. The inductees will be announced next month. A change in the Hall’s by-laws requires a minimum of four inductees per year but will allow for as many as seven. Six have been inducted each year since 2003.

Here’s this year’s finalists:

Chamique Holdsclaw: She is Tennessee’s all-time leading scorer (3,025 points) and rebounder (1,295). She won a gold medal with the U.S. Olympic team (2000) and was a six-time WNBA All-Star.

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Mickie DeMoss: Her coaching career spanned more than 40 years. She served two stints as an assistant at Tennessee for a total of 20 years. During her tenure, the Lady Vols won six national championships.

Chris Dailey: She has been Coach Geno Auriemma’s top assistant at Connecticut since 1985. The Huskies have won a record 11 national championships, and Dailey has helped develop 19 first-team All-Americans.

Tina Thompson: The nine-time WNBA All-Star is the league’s all-time leading scorer. She won four championships with the Houston Comets. As an Olympian, she won two gold medals (2004, ’08).

Katie Smith: The former Big Ten Conference player of the year at Ohio State (1996) was a three-time Olympic Gold Medalist (2000, ’04, ’08) and won two WNBA Championships with Detroit.

Valerie Still: The two-time All-American is Kentucky’s career leader for scoring (2,763 points) and rebounds (1,525). She won two ABL championships with Columbus (1997, ’98)

Vickie Orr: The former Auburn standout was a three-time All-American and the SEC player of the year in 1988. She ranks third in career scoring at Auburn (2,035 points).

Ceal Berry: She won 510 games in 26 seasons as a collegiate coach. She won 427 games in 22 seasons at Colorado and was named Big Eight coach of the year four times.

Yelena Baranova: The former Russian star won an Olympic gold medal in 1992. She also won a gold medal in 1991 at the European Championships. She was a WNBA all-star in 2001.

Dr. Rose Marie Battaglia: In 34 years of coaching at the collegiate level (Iona and Bergen, N.J., Community College), she recorded 702 victories and a .745 winning percentage. She had 274 more wins at the high school level.