ATLANTA (April 6, 2021) — The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced today the 2021 WBCA Victory Club honorees.
Rhonda Farney of Georgetown High School in Georgetown, Texas, reached 1,200 victories on Jan. 15, 2021, to lead this year’s Victory Club list of honorees. Farney finished the 2020-21 season with 1,209 wins which makes her the sixth-most winning coach in high school girls basketball history.
Tara VanDerveer of Stanford University and Geno Auriemma of the University of Connecticut each reached 1,100 victories — VanDerveer on Dec. 19, 2020, and Auriemma on Jan. 21, 2021 — both surpassing Pat Summitt’s all-time wins record of 1,098 along the way. VanDerveer ended the 2020-21 season with 1,125 victories. Auriemma trails her by six games with 1,119 wins.
The WBCA Victory Club honor is bestowed annually on each WBCA member head coach who achieves a milestone of 200, 300, 400, 500 or more career victories during the current season on the level of competition at which they currently coach. Victories recorded at differing levels of competition (for example scholastic and collegiate) cannot be combined.
Here are the 2021 WBCA Victory Club honorees:
|
Name |
School |
Date |
|
|
Rhonda Farney |
Georgetown (TX) High School |
01/15/2021 |
1200 |
|
Geno Auriemma |
University of Connecticut |
01/21/2021 |
1100 |
|
Tara VanDerveer |
Stanford University |
12/19/2020 |
1100 |
|
Mike Carey |
West Virginia University |
11/28/2020 |
700 |
|
Mike Durbin |
College of Saint Benedict |
02/24/2021 |
700 |
|
Shirley Egner |
Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
02/10/2021 |
700 |
|
Bill Fennelly |
Iowa State University |
01/27/2021 |
700 |
|
Jay Trousdale |
Poway High School (CA) |
03/27/2021 |
700 |
|
Anthony Pappas |
Waterloo West High School (IA) |
01/16/2021 |
600 |
|
Lisa Stockton |
Tulane University |
02/23/2021 |
600 |
|
Bo Browder |
Xavier University of Louisiana |
03/12/2021 |
500 |
|
Steve DiPatri |
Wildwood Catholic Academy (NJ) |
02/08/2021 |
500 |
|
Jody Martinez |
Taylor University |
12/09/2020 |
500 |
|
Dawn Staley |
University of South Carolina |
03/21/2021 |
500 |
|
Matt Dempsey |
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy |
02/14/2021 |
400 |
|
Laura Foster |
T.C. Roberson High School (NC) |
02/17/2021 |
300 |
|
Juli Fulks |
Transylvania University |
01/16/2021 |
300 |
|
Sue Syljebeck |
Siena Heights University |
11/14/2020 |
300 |
|
Polly Thomason |
University of Texas at Dallas |
12/10/2020 |
300 |
|
Cleve Wright |
Gannon University |
02/07/2021 |
300 |
|
Jeff Nickel |
Shawnee State University |
11/12/2020 |
200 |
|
Shawn Reed |
Tabor College |
02/04/2021 |
200 |
|
Reed Sutton |
Faulkner University |
02/20/2021 |
200 |
|
Reid Takatsuka |
Hawai'i Pacific University |
02/06/2021 |
200 |
|
Krista Van Hauen |
St. Ambrose University |
02/13/2021 |
200 |
|
Stephanie Yelton |
University of West Florida |
01/23/2021 |
200 |
Visit www.wbca.org/recognize/ to see lists of past honorees.
About the WBCA
Founded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. The WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to the organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit WBCA.org for more details about the association.
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