(WVLT/Peg Broadcasting News)
Lady Vols basketball legend Tamika Catchings was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday evening, WVLT reports. Catchings played for the Lady Vols from 1997-2001. In Lady Vol history, Catchings remains fourth in all-time scoring with 2,113 points and is sixth with 1,004 career rebounds. Catchings continues to rank third in steals (311), fourth in career field goals (760) and free throws (471), and ninth in blocked shots (136). She also is tied for most games played in a season with 39. Catchings played 15 seasons with the Indiana Fever and is employed by the Fever as vice president of basketball operations and general manager.
Catchings won four consecutive Olympic gold medals with Team USA from 2002-2016, tying for the most golds ever won in women’s basketball by an American woman and setting records for most Olympics participated in and most golds won by a Lady Vol.