Feb. 5, 2009
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Atlantic Coast Conference announced its fifth annual class of ACC Women's Basketball Legends Thursday to be honored at the 2009 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament, held in Greensboro, North Carolina, March 5-8, at the Greensboro Coliseum, and former UNC head coach Jennifer Alley was among those chosen.
Alley served nine years as the first full time head women's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina and helped the Tar Heels capture the 1984 ACC crown. Under Alley, UNC made four NCAA Tournament appearances. She served as a member of the Executive Committee of The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, the Honda Brodrick Board of Directors for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year, a liaison representative to the Wade Trophy Committee and on the NCAA Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Planning committee and the Life Work Balance Task Force
Alley, who has served on the Kodak All-American Selection Committee, and the NCAA Women's Basketball Rules Committee, was inducted into the Caldwell County Sports Hall of Fame, Who's Who in Professional Executives and was selected Appalachian State University Distinguished Alumni of the Year in 2006. Since 1996, Alley has served as the Executive Director of NACWAA ... Alley received her BS degree from Appalachian State University and the MS from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The honorees will be recognized during the ACC Legends Luncheon on Friday, March 6, as well as on the court at halftime of the first semifinal game on Saturday, March 7. The ACC Women's Basketball Legends program honors past players from each of the ACC's 12 schools who have contributed to the league's rich tradition.
For information and tickets to this year's ACC Women's Basketball Legend's Luncheon, please call 1.336.854.8787 or go to TheACC.com/shecanplay.
