Nell Fortner

Sport: Basketball; Volleyball (1977-81)
Inducted: 2001
Hometown: New Braunfels, Texas

• Four-year letterwinner in both basketball and volleyball
• Member of UT's first nationally-ranked basketball team
• Scored 1,466 career points in basketball
• Member of 1981 AIAW National Championship volleyball team
• Coached collegiately at Stephen F. Austin State University, Louisiana Tech University and Purdue University
• Head coach of gold medalist 2000 U.S. Olympic women's basketball team; also was assistant coach of 1996 U.S. Olympic gold-medalist basketball squad
• Began professional coaching career with WNBA Indiana Fever in 2001