Rock Hill, S.C. - Winthrop Women's Basketball Head Coach
Semeka Randall-Lay has been inducted into the American Basketball Hall of Fame as part of it's 2024 class.
The American Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history hall of fame in Detroit, Michigan that honors and tell the full history of basketball. The American Basketball Hall of Fame was founded by LaMont "ShowBoat" Robinson who played 28 years of barnstorming basketball from 1987-2015. Robinson played in Denmark and the USBL, then with several barnstorming teams from Meadowlark Lemon's Harlem All-Stars, 1989 Harlem Globetrotters and Washington Generals Tour, ShowBoat Robinson's Harlem Road Kings, to ShowBoat Robinson's Harlem Clowns. Robinson was nominated to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. He was inducted into the American Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2019.
The American Basketball Hall of Fame honors both men's and women's players as well as coaches and gives them another chance to be inducted into a national hall of fame. The American Basketball Hall of Fame looks closely at high school legends, playground hoopsters, small college players, international players, barnstorming players and teams, from the ABA, CBA, EBA, USBL, Harlem Globetrotters, Harlem Clowns, Harlem Wizards, etc...
To date, the American Basketball Hall of Fame has inducted 78 players, coaches and contributors. Randall-Lay was the only female inductee in this year's class.
