Redin, Weese, Odom candidates for Hall of Fame

Two former Wayland Baptist Flying Queens coaches and one former player have been nominated for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Coaches Harley Redin and Dean Weese and player Lometa Odom were among candidates in the Women's Veterans Direct-Elect category. Also nominated in that category is the 1976 U.S. Olympic team, on which former Flying Queen Cherri Rapp was an alternate.

Redin and Odom, both deceased, have been nominated previously, while Weese, who lives in Granbury, is a first-time nominee. All three have been inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn.

Redin is the most successful coach in the history of the Flying Queens, posting a record of 431-66 and winning six AAU national championships in 18 seasons from 1955-73. Redin's teams won the first 76 games he coached, completing WBU's collegiate record 131-game winning streak.

Weese succeeded Redin and served as Flying Queens coach from 1973-79, compiling a record of 190-30 with two AAU titles and one runner-up finish. He also had tremendous success at the high school level at Spearman and Levelland. Weese, who retired in 1999, compiled a record of 1,207-197 (.860).

A native of Dimmitt, Odom was a four-time all-American from 1953-56 when she led the Flying Queens to a record of 115-5 with three AAU crowns and a runner-up finish. Odom scored 1,614 points, which ranked her second in program history at the time and now ranks 10^th.

Candidates for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2023 feature several high-profile, first-time nominees including Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Gregg Popovich, Dwyane Wade, and the 1976 U.S. Olympic Women's Basketball Team.

Finalists from the North American and Women's committee for the Class of 2023 will be announced at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 in Salt Lake City during NBA All-Star Weekend.

The entire Class of 2023, including those selected by the direct-elect committees, will be unveiled during the NCAA Final Four in Houston on Saturday, April 1 in a nationally-televised broadcast at 10 a.m. CST.

Enshrinement weekend will begin at the Mohegan Sun on Friday, Aug. 11, with the tip-off celebration and awards gala, followed by the enshrinement ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 12, in Springfield, Mass.

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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2023 Ballot
* Indicates First-Time Nominee

NORTH AMERICAN
NOMINATIONS

• Ken Anderson (COA)
• John Beilein (COA)*
• Gene Bess (COA)
• Chauncey Billups (PLA)
• Tom Chambers (PLA)
• John Clougherty (REF)
• Michael Cooper (PLA)
• Joey Crawford (REF)
• Jack Curran (COA)
• Mark Eaton (PLA)
• Cliff Ellis (COA)
• Michael Finley (PLA)
• Pau Gasol (PLA)*
• Leonard Hamilton (COA)
• Lou Henson (COA)
• Ed Hightower (REF)
• David Hixon (COA)
• Mark Jackson (PLA)
• Marques Johnson (PLA)
• Gene Keady (COA)
• Jim Larranaga (COA)*
• Maurice Lucas (PLA)
• Shawn Marion (PLA)
• Rollie Massimino (COA)
• Dick Motta (COA)
• Dirk Nowitzki (PLA)*
• Jake O'Donnell (REF)
• Tony Parker (PLA)*
• Jim Phelan (COA)
• Gregg Popovich (COA)*
• Bo Ryan (COA)
• Stan Spirou (COA)*
• Reggie Theus (PLA)
• Dwyane Wade (PLA)*
• Buck Williams (PLA)
• John Williamson (PLA)*
• Paul Westhead (COA)

 
WOMEN'S NOMINATIONS

• Leta Andrews (COA)
• Jennifer Azzi (PLA)
• Gary Blair (COA)
• Doug Bruno (COA)*
• Becky Hammon (PLA)
• Becky Martin (COA)
• Debbie Miller-Palmore (PLA)
• Kim Mulkey (PLA)
• Valerie Still (PLA)
• Marian Washington (COA)

 
INTERNATIONAL
DIRECT-ELECT

• Jackie Chazalon
• Mirza Delibasic
• Dusan Ivkovic
• Semen Khalipski
• Vladimir Kondrashin
• Eduardo Lamas
• Marcos Leite
• Shimon Mirrahi
• Amaury Pasos
• Manuel Sainz
• Togo Soares
• Ranko Zeravica

 
WOMEN'S VETERANS
DIRECT-ELECT

• 1976 US Olympic Team (TEA)*
• 1982 Cheyney University NCAA Final Four Team (TEA)*
• Alline Banks Sprouse (PLA)
• Edmonton Commercial Grads (TEA)
• John Head (COA)
• Yolanda Laney (PLA)*
• Nashville Business College (TEA)
• Lometa Odom (PLA)
• Harley Redin (COA)
• Hazel Walker (PLA)
• Valerie Walker (PLA)*
• Dean Weese (COA)*

   
CONTRIBUTOR
DIRECT-ELECT

• Pete Babcock
• Dick Baumgartner
• Henry Bibby
• Marty Blake
• Vic Bubas
• Doug Collins
• Wayne Duke
• Bill Foster
• Bob Gibbons
• Simon Gourdine
• Tim Grgurich
• Junius Kellogg
• Johnny "Red" Kerr
• Tom Konchalski
• Bobby Lewis
• Fred McCall
• Jack McCloskey
• Jon McGlocklin
• Speedy Morris
• Dennis Murphy
• Curly Neal
• Jack Powers
• Will Robinson
• Gene Shue
• Jim Valvano
• Donnie Walsh

 
VETERANS
DIRECT-ELECT

• 1936 US Olympic Team (TEA)
• 1972 US Olympic Team (TEA)
• Dick Barnett (PLA)
• Tom Blackburn (COA)
• Sid Borgia (REF)
• Charles Brown (PLA)*
• Freddie Brown (PLA)*
• Jack Coleman (PLA)
• Charles Eckman (REF)
• Leroy Edwards (PLA)
• Leo Ferris (CONT)
• Hy Gotkin (PLA)
• Travis Grant (PLA)
• Jack Hartman (COA)*

• Cam Henderson (COA)
• Robert Hopkins (PLA)
• Charles Keinath (PLA)
• Greg Kelser (PLA)*
• Kentucky Wesleyan 1966, 1968, 1969 (TEA)
• Bob Love (PLA)
• Loyola of Chicago (TEA)
• Billy Markward (CONT)
• Ed McCluskey (COA)
• Jack McKinney (CONT)
• Bill Melchionni (PLA)*
• Francis Meehan (PLA)
• Lucias Mitchell (COA)
• Donald "Dudey" Moore (COA)
• Joe Mullaney (COA)
• Willie Naulls (PLA)
• North Catholic High School Junior Varsity (Philadelphia, PA) (TEA)
• Don Otten (PLA)*
• Philadelphia SPHAS (TEA)
• Kevin Porter (PLA)*
• Glenn Roberts (PLA)
• Lennie Rosenbluth (PLA)
• Kenny Sailors (PLA)
• Fred Schaus (CONT)
• Sam Schulman (CONT)
• Paul Silas (PLA)
• Dick Van Arsdale (PLA)
• Tom Van Arsdale (PLA)
• Lambert Will (CONT)*
• Max Zaslofsky (PLA)