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Bird, Moore and Fowles Lead 2025 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductions

The class marks a first for the Hall with three WNBA inductees in one year.

Sue Bird made it to the top at UConn, here celebrating the 2002 national championship, and stayed there. Now she takes her place in the Naismith Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam) ORG XMIT: SAD117
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For UConn greats Maya Moore, left, and Sue Bird, all roads led to Springfield and the Hall of Fame (Courant file photo)
Minnesota Lynx forward Maya Moore (23) and center Sylvia Fowles (34) celebrate during a Washington Mystics timeout Sept. 12, 2017, in Minneapolis. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)

Overview

  • Enshrinement is set for Saturday in Springfield after Friday’s jacket and ring presentations at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville.
  • The weekend cements multiple milestones as the Lynx become the first WNBA franchise with four Hall of Famers and the Hall welcomes three WNBA players in the same class for the first time.
  • Former Lynx standouts Lindsay Whalen and Seimone Augustus are presenting Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles, with Whalen skipping a Lynx game to attend the ceremony.
  • Sue Bird capped 19 seasons with Seattle as the WNBA’s leader in games and minutes with four titles and 13 All-Star nods; Sylvia Fowles retired in 2022 as the league’s career rebound leader with a 2017 MVP and two Finals MVPs; Maya Moore won four championships and a 2014 MVP before stepping away at her peak.
  • The class also features Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard and the 2008 U.S. men’s Olympic ‘Redeem Team,’ underscoring the breadth of this year’s honorees.