PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Coppin State head women's basketball coach Jennie Hall has been selected for induction into the 1999 class of the Rutgers University Basketball Hall of Fame.
Hall, a 1983 graduate of the New Jersey school, helped Rutgers to a 99-28 record during her four-year career, including the 1982 AIAW National Championship. During the Scarlet Knights' national title run, Hall scored a team-high 24 points on 8-of-8 shooting from both the field and free throw line against Villanova in the national semifinal. She was named to the all-tournament team after Rutgers defeated Texas in the final.
A Street & Smith's All-American in 1983, Hall served as team co-captain as a senior and earned first-team All-Atlantic 10 honors as well as team most valuable player accolades. In addition, she was honored with the Headly-Singer Award, given to the school's top graduating female student-athlete.
The Norristown, Pa., native finished her career ranked second in career steals (206), fifth in career scoring (1,104) and assists (279), ninth in career rebounds (419) and 10th in single-season scoring (15.2 ppg). Sixteen years later, her 206 steals still remain in sixth place and her 1,104 points currently rank 15th on the school's all-time chart.
Following her Rutgers career, Hall went on to win a silver medal at the World University Games in 1985 and was an Olympic team invitee in both 1984 and 1988.
She became the first American woman to play professionally in Finland, in 1983, before moving on to Stockholm, Sweden, where she led the country in scoring and steals in 1985 and 1986. Hall also played in Manresa, Spain (1986-87), Invercargill, New Zealand (where she was selected to the national all-star team in each of her three seasons), Ferrara, Italy (1987-88) and Valencia, Spain (1988-89).
After returning to the United States, Hall was an assistant coach at the collegiate level for eight seasons, including stints at George Washington, Indiana (Pa.), Vermont and Coppin State, before being named head coach at Coppin State last May. In her first season at the helm of the Lady Eagle program, Hall was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Coach of the Year after guiding her squad to a 13-14 record and a fourth-place finish in the MEAC.
Hall will be formally inducted at the 1999 Rutgers Women's Basketball Annual Team Awards and Hall of Fame Banquet on Sunday, April 25, at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick, N.J.
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