- Mel Greenberg
-
Mel Greenberg Born April 16, 1947 Nationality USA Occupation Sports Journalist Known for Initiating the AP Top 25 Poll for D1 Women's basketball Mel Greenberg is a respected American sports journalist focusing on women's basketball.
Since 1970, Greenberg has written for the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he predominantly covers college and professional women's basketball. He has helped pioneer national coverage of the sport, most notably as a leader in organizing the first Top 25 women's college basketball poll. For this and other accomplishments, he has been called "The Guru" of women's basketball.
In 1991, Greenberg received the first media award from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, an award that has since been named after him. The annual Mel Greenberg Media Award is given to "a member of the media who has best displayed a commitment to women's basketball and to advancing the role of the media in promoting the women's game". Subsequent winners include Debbie Becker of USA Today in 1992, Mary Garber of the Winston-Salem Journal in 1998, and Bill Jauss of the Chicago Tribune in 2006.
In 2007 Greenberg was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.[1]
External links
Notes
- ^ "WBHOF Inductees". WBHOF. http://www.wbhof.com/inductees.html. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Based in Knoxville, Tennessee Members Coaches (43) Lidia Alexeyeva • Leta Andrews • Geno Auriemma • Leon Barmore • Breezy Bishop • Joanne Bracker • Van Chancellor • Joe Ciampi • Jody Conradt • Fran Garmon • Dorothy Gaters • Theresa Grentz • Sue Gunter • Sylvia Hatchell • John Head • Jill Hutchison • Sonja Hogg • Andy Landers • Lin L. Laursen • Muffet McGraw • Sandra Meadows • Billie Moore • Lorene Ramsey • Harley Redin • Cathy Rush • Debbie Ryan • Amy Ruley • Linda K. Sharp • Marsha Sharp • Jim Smiddy • Marianne Crawford Stanley • Barbara Stevens • C. Vivian Stringer • Pat Head Summitt • Edna Tarbutton • Bertha Teague • Tara VanDerveer • Margaret Wade • Marian Washington • Dean Weese• Chris Weller • Dixie Woodall • Kay YowContributors (20) Val Ackerman • Senda Abbott • Mildred Barnes • Patty Broderick • E. Wayne Cooley • Carol Eckman • Betty Jo Graber • Mel Greenberg • Phyllis Holmes • Claude Hutcherson • Betty F. Jaynes • George E. Killian • Andrea Lloyd-Curry • Darlene May • Shin-Ja Park • Lea Plarski • Gloria Ray• Borislav Stankovic • William L. Wall • Marcy WestonForeign Players (7) US Players (39) Jennifer Azzi • Carol Blazejowski • Ruthie Bolton • Cindy Brogdon • Vicky Bullett • Daedra Charles-Furlow • Cynthia Cooper • Denise Curry • Andrea Lloyd-Curry • Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil • Anne Donovan • Nancy Dunkle • Teresa Edwards • Kamie Ethridge • Jennifer Gillom • Bridgette Gordon • Tara Heiss • Lusia Harris-Stewart • Pamela Kelly-Flowers • Janice Lawrence Braxton • Nancy Lieberman • Kelli Litsch• Rebecca Lobo • Katrina McClain Johnson • Suzie McConnell-Serio • Ann Meyers-Drysdale • Cheryl Miller • Pearl Moore • Kim Mulkey • Cindy Noble Hauserman • LaTaunya Pollard • Patricia (Trish) Roberts • Sue Rojcewicz • Jill Rankin Schneider • Rosie Walker • Holly Warlick • Teresa Weatherspoon• Lynette Woodard • Juliene Brazinski SimpsonVeteran (12) Alline Banks Sprouse • Joan Crawford • Margaret Sexton Gleaves • Rita Horky • Patsy Neal • Lometa Odom • Doris Rogers • Lurlyne Greer Rogers • Hazel Walker • Katherine Washington • Ora Washington • Nera WhiteWebsite: http:///www.wbhof.com/ Categories:- Living people
- American sportswriters
- Basketball media
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
- People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.