The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Directors has announced the 2023 Women’s Induction Class to be honored on Saturday, April 29, 2023.  It includes representatives from Rochester and North Miami who went on to star at Notre Dame.

 

Sheila (McMillen) Keller led the Rochester Zebras with 28.2 points her senior season, which ranked second in Indiana that year.  Her senior season stats earned her All Conference, South Bend Area Player of the Year, Parade All-American, a Nike All-American, North/South All-Star, and a member of the Indiana All-Star team. 

 

She holds the all-time scoring record, for boys and girls, at Rochester with 1,696 career points. 

 

She was a member of the Hall of Fame’s 2020 Silver Anniversary Team.

 

Following her time at Rochester, she went to Notre Dame, where her senior year was highlighted by being named team captain, MVP, Francis Patrick O’Connor Award (best displays total embodiment and inspiration to their team), and being named to the Big East All Tourney and Academic All-Star Team.  She was also a participant in the ESPN College 3-point Championship.

 

Sheila is currently a Varsity Assistant at Carmel High School, after numerous other coaching positions since graduation. She is also a black belt in taekwondo.

 

Ruth (Riley) Hunter was USA Today Honorable Mention and a 1^st Team All-State member in 1997, while leading North Miami to a 20-1 record her senior season. 

 

She holds the school record for rebounds per game, season, and career; blocks in a season and career, along with points per game in a season and career. 

 

She followed her high school playing days by going to Notre Dame where she graduated with a B.A. in psychology and Exec MBA (both Summa Cum Laude).  Ruth was a 3 time Big East Defensive Player of the Year, and a 2 time Academic All-American.  Her senior year, Notre Dame won the NCAA Championship, where she averaged 18.7 points a game that year, and was National Player of the Year, Final Four MVP, Naismith Player of the Year, NCAA Verizon Academic All-American of the Year, and Sports Illustrated Player of the Year. 

 

She was the 5^th overall pick in the WNBA Draft and MVP of the 2003 finals and the first player to be MVP of the NCAA and WNBA Finals. 

 

After two WNBA Championship seasons in 2003 and 2006 with the Detroit Shock, Ruth continues to wear many hats including being the 1^st Vice President of WNBPA, United Nations Foundation Spokesperson, Share Our Strength Spokesperson, and on the Notre Dame Monogram Club Board of Directors. 

 

Since 2002, she was a radio and tv analyst for Notre Dame Women’s Basketball, since 2018 is a color analyst for Miami Heat tv/radio, and 2019 to present is an analyst for the ACC Network. 

 

She was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019, and in 2006 was named to ESPN.com’s 25 greatest Women’s college basketball players of the last 25 years.