From Washington University Athletics
Washington University in St. Louis head women's basketball coach Nancy Fahey will be among 15 individuals inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in a special enshrinement ceremony Thursday, Nov. 6, at the St. Charles Convention Center in St. Charles, Mo.
The St. Charles Enshrinement begins with a reception at 5 p.m., followed by the enshrinement ceremony and banquet at 6 at the St. Charles Convention Center. Tickets for the event are $125 each or $1,250 for a table of 10.
Fahey will join Pete Weber (bowling), Ernie McMillan (football), Rick Horton (baseball/broadcasting), Jim Holtgrieve (amateur golf), Bobby, Bill and Barclay Plager (hockey), Neil Rackers (football), Kelly Chase (hockey), Gerry Davis (umpire), Ron Holtman (football coach), Maureen McVey (soccer coach), Rich Grawer (basketball coach) and Bob Lesslie (amateur baseball) in the Class of 2014. In addition, two teams – 1956 Stockham Post 245 (American Legion national champions) and 1962 Anheuser-Busch Post 299 (American Legion national champions) – will also be inducted during the St. Charles Enshrinement.
Already a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the WUSTL Sports Hall of Fame, Fahey enters her 29th season as the head women's basketball coach at Washington University. She is the only coach in NCAA Division III history to win five national championships, including a stretch of four consecutive titles from 1998-2001.
Fahey has also led Washington U. to a Division III-record 10 Final Four appearances and has an overall record of 663-121 (.846 winning percentage) in her 28 seasons. During the 2011-12 season, Fahey became the fastest coach in NCAA women's basketball history to reach 600 wins, doing so in her 706th game.
Fahey led Washington University to its first women's basketball national championship in 1997-98, finishing the season with a 28-2 record. She made history by leading the Bears to back-to-back undefeated national championship seasons in 1998-99 and 1999-2000, becoming the second team in NCAA basketball history to achieve that feat. Washington University won its fourth straight national title in 2000-01, setting what was then an NCAA women's basketball record with 81 consecutive wins, before finishing the season with a 28-2 mark.
In 2009-10, Fahey guided Washington U. to a 29-2 overall record and the program's fifth NCAA Division III championship. Since her arrival on the Danforth Campus in 1986, Fahey's teams have made 26 NCAA Division III Tournament appearances and won 20 University Athletic Association (UAA) titles.