THE FLATS – Georgia Tech women’s basketball alum Danielle Donehew is one of the newest members of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame as the organization announced its Class of 2025 on Friday. Donehew is the current executive director of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.
A four-year letterwinner at Georgia Tech (1996-00), Donehew left her mark as a Yellow Jacket on and off the court. She helped Tech to a WNIT postseason appearance, while setting the program record with eight made three-pointers in a game twice and still owns the record for three-pointers made in a single season with 86 in 1998-99. She was a two-time academic all-ACC and CoSIDA academic all-district, and was awarded the ACC Postgraduate Scholarship in 2001. In 2013, Donehew was selected as Georgia Tech’s ACC Legend.
Donehew has dedicated her career to furthering the game of women’s basketball and is currently the longest serving leader of the major women’s basketball stakeholder positions. In July 2014, she was named the executive director of the WBCA, becoming only the third person to lead the organization in its 40-plus year history. Donehew continues to impact the game, serving on numerous boards and committees and was co-founder of the Pat Summitt Foundation. After graduating from Georgia Tech, Donehew served as a graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee under legendary head coach Pat Summitt. She has worked at both the collegiate and professional levels as she was executive vice president of the Atlanta Dream.
Donehew was one of seven inductees announced on Friday, joining Alana Beard, Sue Bird, Mark Campbell, Sylvia Fowles, Lucille Kyvallos and Cappie Pondexter. The WBHOF will induct the Class of 2025 on June 14, 2025 at the Historic Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville, Tenn. Tickets are available through the organization. To view the complete list of honorees, please click here.
SINGLE-GAME TICKETS FOR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Single game tickets for the season are also on sale. Single game tickets begin at just $10 for general admission seating and are $12 for reserved seating. Youth pricing begins at $8 per game and are available day of game, while group ticket packages are on sale for 10 or more tickets at $5 per ticket. Please contact the Georgia Tech Athletic Association ticket office for more information on group tickets at tickets@athletics.gatech.edu. Fans can purchase tickets by visiting RamblinWreck.com or by calling the Georgia Tech ticket office at 1-888-TECH-TIX.
GEORGIA TECH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CELEBRATES 50 YEARS
Georgia Tech is celebrating the 50th anniversary of women’s basketball on The Flats this season. Under the direction of coach Jim Culpepper, Georgia Tech competed its first year in the Georgia Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (GAIAW) in 1974-75 before joining the ACC in 1979-80. Tech has seen many highlights over 50 years, including playing in the NCAA Tournament 11 times, with two Sweet 16 appearances (2012, 2021), and producing nine WNBA draft picks, featuring first round draft picks Alex Montgomery and Sasha Goodlett. In its first postseason berth in school history, Georgia Tech captured the 1992 National Women’s Invitational Tournament. Currently in its sixth season under head coach Nell Fortner, the Yellow Jackets have reach postseason play three times in the last five years.
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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