Inspiring the Next Generation of Female Athletes with Dana Hart

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Welcome everyone to another episode of Connect the Knox.

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I'm your host, Julia Hurley, Connecting Knoxville to the Nation.

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Today's guest is a fantastic representative of

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all things leadership in the Knoxville area.

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But also, you're gonna find out, across the world.

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Please meet Dana Hart, the Executive Director

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of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.

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And she's taking time for us today on vacation.

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Dana, thank you so much for joining us.

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Absolutely.

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I am so happy to be here and it's good to see you Julia.

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I am sitting here in rural Missouri, so having a relaxing vacation.

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Thank you for that.

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We appreciate your time so much.

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It's very important to share the story of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.

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And you do that no matter where you are and you bring joy

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to it and some education that I don't think people know.

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Let's get started.

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Dana, tell us about you, how you, uh, how you are in Knoxville,

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and then let's start on the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Well, I'm happy to tell the story of how I'm in

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Knoxville, how I got associated with the Hall of Fame.

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I'm originally from Missouri, which is why I'm here on vacation with family.

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Um, but I moved to Tennessee probably about 28 years ago,

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and my husband and I were living outside of Nashville.

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I was working in Nashville at the time, and we decided

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we needed to either move to Nashville or to Knoxville.

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And kind of look at the choices.

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And so we looked at all the options and we chose Knoxville.

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And do not regret it.

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We've been there, like I said, 27, 28 years.

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We absolutely love East Tennessee.

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It is a wonderful area.

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The most welcoming people you will ever find.

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So many variety of activities to do in a great community.

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So I ended up at the Hall of Fame.

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Actually, I was brought in by one of the original

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Founders of the Hall of Fame, which is Gloria Ray.

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She was the president and CEO of Knoxville Sports Corporation.

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And, um, originally the Hall of Fame was supposed to be

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in Jackson, Tennessee and West Tennessee because of the

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AIAW tournaments at the time, which was the predecessor.

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To the NCAA Final Four.

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And so, um, unfortunately, Jackson, I guess, fortunately for us,

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Jackson was unable to raise the funding to build the Hall of Fame.

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And so Gloria Ray with the Sports Corp and, um, her good

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friend, Pat Summit, which I think people know from the

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University of Tennessee, they said, let's bring it to Knoxville.

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And within a year, they had raised 10 million with the community's

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help to build the Hall of Fame there in downtown Knoxville.

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God, that's such a good, you know, Pat Summitt could do anything.

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Pat Summitt could do anything and not only that, Pat Summitt could

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motivate you to do anything or to at least think you could do anything.

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Um, Pat was a very good friend of mine.

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Um, a great coach.

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She was a founding board member of the Hall of Fame, very actively involved.

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And even after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's,

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she brought her caregivers to the Hall of Fame.

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Um, on her own just one day and announced and she said,

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I want them to see me the coach because they know me the

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person, which is the totally opposite of what most people do.

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They know Pat the person or Pat the coach, but not Pat the person.

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And so I thought that was very nice of her to want to share

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her history within women's basketball with her caregivers.

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You have a big responsibility in Knoxville to maintain

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really, truly, uh, the image of women's sports.

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And I don't know anyone that would have ever

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filled that position better, even in Jackson.

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I think it was a meant to be situation.

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You are truly the beacon of women's sports education and growth

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in this, in this area, in this market, carrying the legacy.

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Uh, Pat Summitt's torch forward of making sure that we have eyes

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on the prize, which is understanding, uh, that women, women can.

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Absolutely, and Julia, thank you for saying that.

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I appreciate your kind comments.

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The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame means the world to me.

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I've been going on 23 years there.

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I started about two years after it was started.

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That's established there in Knoxville, Tennessee, and we've really grown

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not just the physical structure and what is inside, but our outreach.

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I mean, that is so important.

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Yes, we are based in Knoxville, but more than

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that, we are an international Hall of Fame.

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We recognize coaches, players, contributors, veterans, and officials.

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From around the world.

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And I think that is so important to know

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and we represent that in the Hall of Fame.

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We tell the story from the beginning in 1892, Lucinda

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Berenson at Smith College in Massachusetts to the current day.

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I mean, we have Caitlyn Clark's jersey hanging in the Hall of Fame.

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We have the Final four teams there.

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And you know, I think it's very interesting watching

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how, um, basketball has grown from 1892 to the present.

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Women's basketball started two months after men's

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basketball started in Massachusetts, and I think we're

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one of the few sports that women just tagged along.

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And, um, the reason why was to find physical activity

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and engagement for students at Smith College.

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And, um, Smith College is a great partner of ours now,

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and, and we recognize that contribution to the game.

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And then when you look at women's basketball of where it's going, um, it's,

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it's, you know, In the news, non stop, um, good or bad, which is a good thing.

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And there's no bad press, I don't think.

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But what we're doing at the Hall of Fame is trying

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to tell the story of the history of the game.

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Because I feel like we are the keepers of the history.

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But then also to share that story with the youth.

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And to make sure that we're developing leaders for tomorrow.

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That's really important to us to develop this leadership potential.

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And so with the Hall of Fame, we have what we call, um,

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the Her Academy and there's different components to it.

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And one is, is leadership of young women through the

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Pats Summit Foundation, telling Pats deaf and a dozen.

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The other pieces are educating students through our Hero Program,

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and then we have a Girl Scout piece, um, we have an Outreach piece.

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So, there's all different things that we're doing to make sure

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that the story of women's basketball goes beyond just basketball.

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So, tell everybody about, I mean, one, the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.

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If you've not been to Knoxville, please put

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it on your list to visit when you come here.

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Most of the people that listen to our podcast are relocations.

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Uh, we're in the, in the, in almost the tens of thousands at this

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point of listeners, so we're very excited that the podcast is growing.

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Most of our listeners are from out of the area.

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So, kind of talk about where the Basketball Hall of

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Fame is located in terms of ease of getting to it.

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It is very easy to get to.

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Talk about, uh, pricing, and I then would like

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for you to talk about the induction ceremonies.

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I don't, uh, No, if people know that Knoxville, Tennessee

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is the hub for these things, this is a big deal.

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So the Hall of Fame is located right off Interstate

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40 in downtown Knoxville, right on the riverfront.

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Very easy to get to.

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We have our own, um, exit.

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It is Hall of Fame Drive.

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You get off the exit off 40 and drive.

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takes you straight to the Hall of Fame.

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The World's Largest Basketball sits on the back rotunda of the

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Hall of Fame, so you can't miss it once you are close to it.

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And it's funny because I've had people

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call and say, I'm kind of lost, where am I?

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And I said, do you see the big basketball?

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And so then they see it and they said, Oh, I feel so stupid.

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But we have the World's Largest Basketball on the back of our building.

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We are also within a block of downtown Knoxville has

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grown so much and changed the tourist aspect of Knoxville.

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There's so much to do.

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Even as a resident, James White Fort is right next door to us and

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that's the founder of Knoxville Blunt Mansion, one of the centers

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of the Constitution is within walking distance of the block.

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Within a block and a half, two blocks, you can be in downtown

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Knoxville enjoying everything that that has to offer.

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To offer Market Square, um, all the shops, all of the restaurants.

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You can spend a whole day there and still not see everything.

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Um, so downtown Knoxville is, is a vibrant part of our city.

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And, and if you've not been to Knoxville in a while, please come back.

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It has changed so much.

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If you're looking at relocating, um, like

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I said, I relocated quite a few years ago.

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My parents have now moved to the area.

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You can't beat, um, Knoxville, Tennessee.

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The weather is great.

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The people are great.

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There's so many opportunities in Knoxville.

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So let's talk a little bit about admission for the Hall of Fame.

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Um, currently our admission is 7.

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95 for adults.

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95 for youth and seniors and children under the age of five are free.

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So we are very reasonably priced.

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I would say allow 45 minutes to an hour to go through the Hall of Fame.

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It is a self guided tour, but you are welcome

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to take a guided tour if we have advance notice.

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We also do special group rates for groups over 25.

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And then I'll talk a little bit about our induction ceremony.

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So every year we induct another class of Hall of Famers into the Hall of Fame.

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It's a very special time.

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Uh, this past year we had seven inductees.

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We have our induction ceremony April 26th.

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You can go to the Hall of Fame YouTube channel

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and WBHOF and see our induction ceremony.

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I invite you if you're a basketball fan or if you're just somebody

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looking at empowering women and girls to take a look at it.

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Our induction ceremony is about an hour and a half long,

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and it represents all that's good about basketball.

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And I'll talk about last year because we don't know who's going

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in class this year, and I'll talk a little bit about that.

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So, our inductees last year were Simone Augustus, Maya Moore, Taj

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McWilliams Franklin, Linny Spillville, Sue Phillips, and Violet Palmer.

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Such a dynamic, diverse class, and they bonded.

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So not only was it an interesting basketball

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class, but it was like a family when they left.

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And that's really what we want.

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And we want that feel when people come to the Hall of

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Fame, the induction ceremony is held at the Tennessee

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theater, uh, which is the theater of, of Tennessee.

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The state of Tennessee's theater is a historic theater, beautiful on the inside.

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I mean, it's just breathtaking.

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And so our ceremony is held there.

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Um, it is streamed on ESPN plus.

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It is broadcast on ESPNU five times after the ceremony.

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Like I said, you're welcome to see that on our YouTube channel.

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And it is a great opportunity for men, women, and children

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to come and experience all that's good about basketball.

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I mean, I feel like with our induction ceremony

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every year, you will laugh, you'll cry.

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Um, I still get shivers, um, when I see some of the

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guests speak, and, and it's just a great moment.

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This year, we also honored, um, the Cheney State 1981 82 basketball team.

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They were one of the, they were the first team, um, from

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a historical black college that played in the Final Four.

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And they played in 1982 at the Final Four, which

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was the very first NCAA women's Final Four.

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They played Louisiana Tech.

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They were a Division 2 school that went in as an independent.

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And so they beat some of the big names, Kansas, Maryland to get there.

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So we recognize them this year as Trailblazers of the Game.

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And then we also recognize the Afghan Resettlement Group, which

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was the A group of, um, the Afghan basketball team that were

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stuck in Afghanistan when, when the, um, Taliban took over and

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we were able to get them to Qatar and then to the United States.

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And we were able to get them computers in their hands through the

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State Department to make sure that they continue their studies.

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And we, we brought successfully 21.

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Um, Afghans, women, um, a couple of men, couple

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of husbands and children to the United States.

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They are now relocated to Knoxville.

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Um, they have housing, they have jobs, and they're continuing their education.

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So, that was our For the Love of the Game.

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So, there's different components to it.

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Our induction, Jeremy, that kind of reach out to everyone.

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The one that I, the one that hit me the biggest, the

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induction ceremony, was two, it was two years ago.

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And, um, it was the first time my stepdaughter, my, uh, was, uh,

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was old enough to go but old enough to also understand, right?

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So I wanted to make sure to take her.

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So we got tickets and we took her.

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Thank you, Channel 6 News.

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Channel 6 News, thank you so much.

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Um, so it was the story of the Dust Bowl, the story of the Dust Bowl.

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And I sat there and she's She's a basketball player, um, loves the

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game, really appreciates, has a good appreciation for it, she's

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a post, she's very tall for her age, very tall, but I started

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crying and my husband looks over and he's like, are you okay?

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And I'm like, I don't, you know, I was like, this is

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such a beautiful story, I had no idea that all of these

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women that are still standing today Still standing today.

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All of the things that we fight as women every day.

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These women, I wouldn't be able to do what I do

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without them, and I didn't even play basketball.

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I would never be able to do the things that I do today without women like that.

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And little Charlotte was like, oh, she's balling.

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I'm like, yes, You know, people next to me are like, is this woman okay?

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I'm like, it's a beautiful story.

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But you never, you don't know what you don't know.

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And the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame brings that to Knoxville.

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It's an opportunity to know history that you did not know you needed to know.

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The Dust Bowl Girls was such a great story.

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It was a story about Oklahoma Presbyterian College.

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And it was during the Dust Bowl.

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And anybody that knows has done any history study

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of the Dust Bowl, it was, it was a horrific time.

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And these girls had nothing.

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They said to their families and said, I will give your daughter a college

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scholarship if they will play basketball for me and gave them that opportunity.

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And it's, I think what we say with the Hall of

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Fame is it's just giving someone an opportunity.

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You know, and that person being strong and taking it.

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And when you talk about this past history, you know, look at the shoulders that

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we stand on, um, look at the men and women that have fought for us to be where

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we are today, whether it's basketball or leadership for women or whatever it

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is, you know, and my goal is to make sure that, that young girls know that,

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you know, it's important to know that history and to respect that history.

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Um, Because they're going to be the ones that

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are going to be making history in the future.

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And, um, they step in some very big shoes.

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And, uh, we just want to make sure that they

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know that they have a support system behind them.

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Yes, they stand on very big shoulders, but they got some really good

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people holding their feet that are holding them on their shoulders.

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And I think that's what's important.

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And, and that goes to men and women both.

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I say, every man has a mother.

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A lot of men have sisters.

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A lot of men have daughters, you know, so it is not just a female thing.

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It is, it is a total.

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international support system that we have to support women.

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I dare say Knoxville is at the forefront of that.

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I dare say that.

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You are exactly right.

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And, and if we need to take the leadership of it, we will.

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You know, it's, it's our passion to support the history of the game, but

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it's also our desire to make sure that we get that story out internationally.

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So tell us all about the, the, uh, the program

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that you have, where, oh my gosh, the camp.

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So we do summer camps, um, and when I say summer

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camps, they're not necessarily skill camps.

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They are camps for youth groups to come in, and it may be a

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daycare, it may be a church group, but what we do is we facilitate

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those, um, they take about two hours, and they do a rotation.

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They, they have 45 minutes, um, that we rotate them around, and they'll have.

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you know, 30 minutes, let's say, in the gift shop or 30

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minutes in the theater and in the tour that we give them.

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And so they'll do a scavenger hunt and learn more about the history.

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They'll have their free time on the ball

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courts to play, get some activity in there.

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Uh, we'll do lessons, um, different lessons and they have a choice.

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Our most popular lessons right now are STEM, science and math.

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Um, and we relate all of our lessons back

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to women's basketball or back to basketball.

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Um, and those are very popular.

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Then in the summer we, or in the winter, we do educational programs.

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Um, for school systems and all of our curriculum that we teach follows

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the state of Tennessee, um, curriculum that's required program.

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I love this program.

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Okay, so we've got access to the basketball courts, we've got the history

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tour, we have the self guided tour, we have the group tour, we have

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international recognition every year at the induction ceremony that's

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famous women from all over the world, from all walks of life, and from

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everywhere in the world who have contributed to the future of basketball.

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What's, what's on the table for the growth of this?

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Industry as a whole and the Hall of Fame.

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I think for the industry as a whole, as a whole, my words aren't coming out, as

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a whole, when we look at women's basketball, I mean, the future is so bright.

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You know, and everybody right now is talking about Caitlin Clark

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and is, you know, is Caitlin Clark going to stay in the WNBA?

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Is she going to go on the three on three?

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You know, who knows?

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But it doesn't matter.

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Those opportunities are there.

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What I find so fascinating is women that are playing basketball right now on the

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professional level, they do not have to go overseas to play and to make money.

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They do not have to worry about maternity leave.

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They can have families, they can do what they

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want in their career, in their control of it.

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And I think that is amazing.

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I think sponsorship potential for the women has just started.

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You know, um, you'll see more and more commercials.

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Um, on TV that are geared towards women in sports and I think that's amazing.

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The viewership of men watching women's sports is so high.

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I will tell you for the Hall of Fame, our largest,

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um, viewership of anything we do is, is men top women.

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Now, not by a lot, but by seven or eight percent,

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but you know, that's pretty cool to think.

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That there are men.

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Um, our induction ceremony is on June 14th for next year for 2025.

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And it is Father's Day weekend.

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And I say for every dad out there, what a way to celebrate Father's Day than

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to have your daughter with you at the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame to hear

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those stories or to the daughters, you know, for me, someone that's older.

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Bring my father, let him experience the history

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of the game and what is going on with the youth.

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Um, we also do a three on three tournament with induction.

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So we, we really promote, um, celebrating those girls.

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And our mission statement, I'll just mention that real quick,

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our mission statement is to honor the past, Celebrate the future

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and promote, celebrate the present and promote the future.

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And it's very simple.

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Honor, celebrate, promote.

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And that's what we do.

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Every day we honor the game and the history of those legends.

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Then we celebrate what's going on today.

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And then we're looking to the future.

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What's happening in the future for women's basketball and, and the Hall of Fame.

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And I think the growth of the Hall of Fame, you know,

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we are always changing out exhibits, adding new things.

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Um, looking at what's there.

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The latest in women's basketball.

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And I think that's the exciting part because we have the opportunity

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to tell the story from the past and tell the story from today.

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Um, so it's, it's ever changing.

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Um, at the final four, we have exposure on a international level also.

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And I think that's amazing.

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Um, there's just so many opportunities for us to spread the

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word of women's basketball and what it brings to the world.

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I agree.

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And I think that, again, just having that in Knoxville has, has

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impacted the future of where Knoxville's business ownership,

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recruitment, conversation, being able to say, there's, there

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are people here, there are women here that want you to succeed.

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Bring more of you.

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Bring more of you.

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And without, and without the support of, of everybody in the community,

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For the last 20 years, we wouldn't have that, that capability.

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We just so happen to be, like you said, standing on some pretty tall shoulders.

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And I think we've had enough shoulders stacked

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that we're standing pretty tall right now.

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It's a great time to make sure that people understand the

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history of what has led women's sports to where they are today.

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Very relevant.

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Absolutely.

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And Julia, the thing that I like is, yes, I

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pull the support from the basketball community.

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But I feel the support from Knoxville.

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Knoxville is a very strong, uh, woman friendly community.

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And there are so many women and points of leadership

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within our area, and I think that's very important.

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I have a daughter, and I think it's very important for the young

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girls to be in a community that shows you That women can do whatever.

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They can be the head of a board.

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They can be the president of a company.

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There is so much opportunity and Knoxville is growing.

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The companies that are in Knoxville, they hire women.

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You know, it's not that they hire women

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exclusively, but they look at that opportunity.

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So, um, I think there's just so much potential in our area.

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For not only women, but for sports.

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I mean, sports are strong enough.

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So, I mean, we have the University of Tennessee, we

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have football, we have basketball there and soccer and

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volleyball and swimming and all those great things.

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But then we also have a baseball stadium that's being built

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right next, not next door, but pretty darn close to next door.

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Pretty darn close.

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Yes.

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So within a year, people are going to be able to come to the Hall of Fame.

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They can park, they can walk to a baseball game, or they can go to

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the baseball game and afterwards come to the Hall of Fame to cool off.

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You know, there's all these opportunities, and if they want to take a

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historical part, then, then you have, like I said, Blount Mansion, James White

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Fort, uh, Mabry Hazen House is all right in there, Haley, um, Square with

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Alex Haley's statue, and then you have the East Tennessee History Center.

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There is so much to do.

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Within a very short walking area of Knoxville.

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Um, and I will tell you the one thing that I look for

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when I moved to Knoxville is I looked at what culture

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was there, you know, was it a strong community for women?

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Because I had a young daughter.

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Was it a community that had those cultural pieces, the ballets, the symphonies?

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We have all of that.

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Is it an involved community?

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It is.

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Downtown, there's something going on every weekend,

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and it's not just one thing going on, it's five or six.

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Um, Market Square is a lively place, morning, noon, and night.

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You know, on the weekend, we have farmers markets,

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Friday and Saturday, that are, that are just packed.

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The whole area is just busy, and it's exciting,

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and it's, It's a very dog friendly city.

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You know, we have dog parks everywhere.

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So, it's just a real good community to be in.

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I love all of that.

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I love you.

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I love the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.

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I appreciate you.

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Really quickly, where can people find information on the

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Women's Basketball Hall of Fame other than just Googling it?

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Obviously, that's, that's the easy way.

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Where can they find you if they want to schedule

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something or a private tour or to hold an event?

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Sure, they can call us at the Hall 865 633 9000, but they can email me.

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My email is dhardhart at wbhof.

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com.

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I'm happy to answer questions about the Hall of Fame,

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Women's Basketball, or even about our community.

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I've talked to people and shared areas.

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That are good.

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You know, if they, if they are bringing

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children in, you know, where do they want to be?

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Where are the opportunities?

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Um, I'm happy to promote Knoxville any way I can.

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Yeah.

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I love that.

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Thank you.

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Follow around.

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Are you ready?

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Yes.

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Favorite restaurant?

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Texas Roadhouse.

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Really?

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I love, love the ribeye steak.

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Love, love, love it.

480
00:23:16,665 --> 00:23:17,075
Yes.

481
00:23:17,274 --> 00:23:18,055
Their rolls.

482
00:23:18,065 --> 00:23:19,145
The butter is.

483
00:23:19,690 --> 00:23:21,610
And they have amazing baked sweet potato.

484
00:23:21,810 --> 00:23:23,430
That's also, you know what, that's very true.

485
00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,380
They do have the best baked potatoes in Knoxville.

486
00:23:25,490 --> 00:23:25,810
Yeah.

487
00:23:25,810 --> 00:23:26,259
Yeah,

488
00:23:26,260 --> 00:23:27,150
you got me on that one.

489
00:23:27,550 --> 00:23:28,910
That's the first time we've had that.

490
00:23:28,950 --> 00:23:29,599
That's the first time.

491
00:23:29,599 --> 00:23:32,820
And now I'm gonna go get a side salad and a sweet baked potato.

492
00:23:32,870 --> 00:23:33,849
That's actually sounds delicious.

493
00:23:34,019 --> 00:23:35,050
Um, there we go on that.

494
00:23:35,269 --> 00:23:37,189
Favorite pub or brewery?

495
00:23:37,630 --> 00:23:39,630
Mmm, Balter.

496
00:23:39,820 --> 00:23:42,300
Oh, they have a great brunch as well.

497
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,270
And their beer has a higher alcohol content, I hear.

498
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:46,030
Rumor has it.

499
00:23:46,590 --> 00:23:46,830
Thanks.

500
00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:48,790
Sampler.

501
00:23:48,790 --> 00:23:49,170
Okay.

502
00:23:49,350 --> 00:23:49,870
Next one.

503
00:23:50,540 --> 00:23:52,700
Um, favorite gas station location.

504
00:23:52,850 --> 00:23:53,120
Ooh.

505
00:23:53,340 --> 00:23:54,860
Weigel's on Campbell station.

506
00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:56,150
Everybody has one.

507
00:23:56,379 --> 00:24:00,220
This question is the fastest answered question of all of them.

508
00:24:00,340 --> 00:24:01,210
Everybody has it.

509
00:24:01,350 --> 00:24:01,629
Yes.

510
00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:02,430
They're great.

511
00:24:02,460 --> 00:24:02,680
Yeah.

512
00:24:02,780 --> 00:24:02,990
Yeah.

513
00:24:02,990 --> 00:24:07,020
I go, uh, Casey's on the way and Weigel's on the way out.

514
00:24:08,150 --> 00:24:08,420
Yeah.

515
00:24:09,340 --> 00:24:10,740
Got to get it on either side.

516
00:24:11,110 --> 00:24:12,340
Absolutely, 100%.

517
00:24:12,489 --> 00:24:12,760
100%.

518
00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:14,050
Favorite grocery store?

519
00:24:14,209 --> 00:24:14,909
Ooh, Publix.

520
00:24:15,179 --> 00:24:16,260
Favorite local artist?

521
00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:17,959
I'm gonna say Bobbi Cruz.

522
00:24:18,260 --> 00:24:19,219
Ooh, I like that.

523
00:24:19,350 --> 00:24:20,209
I like that a lot.

524
00:24:20,389 --> 00:24:22,739
I've been recently into a new hue.

525
00:24:23,169 --> 00:24:23,679
Okay.

526
00:24:23,820 --> 00:24:25,629
Yes, she does all the plaster.

527
00:24:25,769 --> 00:24:26,580
Yes, yes, yes.

528
00:24:26,580 --> 00:24:28,109
Yeah, she's everywhere.

529
00:24:28,110 --> 00:24:29,749
She's literally everywhere.

530
00:24:29,949 --> 00:24:31,669
And Bobbi, she does murals.

531
00:24:31,679 --> 00:24:33,189
She does amazing murals.

532
00:24:33,780 --> 00:24:35,939
If you've ever been into an Aubrey's, which is another one of

533
00:24:35,939 --> 00:24:39,110
my favorite restaurants, With the murals, she did all of those.

534
00:24:39,820 --> 00:24:40,250
Nice.

535
00:24:40,389 --> 00:24:40,990
Very nice.

536
00:24:41,189 --> 00:24:42,760
Uh, there's a, there, what is that?

537
00:24:42,790 --> 00:24:46,500
Um, her last name, I want to say it's Ledbetter, but I could be wrong.

538
00:24:46,569 --> 00:24:49,409
She's been doing the, the outdoor murals lately.

539
00:24:49,419 --> 00:24:50,409
She just did a mural.

540
00:24:50,409 --> 00:24:50,929
Is that her?

541
00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:51,800
She's great.

542
00:24:52,020 --> 00:24:52,350
Yeah.

543
00:24:52,429 --> 00:24:55,639
So again, all women, all these women out here doing amazing things.

544
00:24:55,799 --> 00:24:58,100
Well, I will not keep you from the rest of your vacation.

545
00:24:58,100 --> 00:24:59,770
Thank you for taking time for us today.

546
00:24:59,770 --> 00:25:00,659
We appreciate you.

547
00:25:00,659 --> 00:25:02,959
We will see you when you return back to Knoxville.

548
00:25:03,179 --> 00:25:04,730
It is a well earned vacation.

549
00:25:04,975 --> 00:25:07,404
But again, thank you very much for visiting with us today.

550
00:25:07,544 --> 00:25:08,225
Thank you, Julia.

551
00:25:08,225 --> 00:25:09,705
I appreciate you and all you do.

552
00:25:10,235 --> 00:25:10,665
Absolutely.

553
00:25:10,665 --> 00:25:12,245
Everybody, thank you so much for tuning

554
00:25:12,245 --> 00:25:14,804
in to another episode of Connect the Knox.

555
00:25:14,995 --> 00:25:19,824
I'm your host, Julia Hurley, connecting Knoxville to the nation.

556
00:25:20,014 --> 00:25:20,995
Until next time.

557
00:25:21,344 --> 00:25:23,075
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558
00:25:23,389 --> 00:25:26,810
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