c-usa hall of fame
CLASS OF 2022
student-athlete inductees
kelly-anne billingy
marshall
Volleyball (2005-07)
- Three-time C-USA Player of the Year
- Three-time AVCA All-American (four total in her career)
- C-USA career leader in kills per set
- Led the nation in kills per game in 2006
- Led the Herd to regular season titles in 2005 and 2007
- Helped Marshall to a C-USA championship crown in 2005 as Tournament MVP
- Three-time All-Conference USA
- Three-time All-C-USA Tournament honors
- Two-time Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Inducted into the Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame in 2018
- Played for the Trinidad and Tobago National Team through 2019
anthony rotich
utep
Cross Country/Track & Field (2012-15)
- Four-time NCAA Champion
- Four-time C-USA Cross Country Medalist
- Four-time C-USA Track Athlete of the Year
- Four-time C-USA Cross Country Athlete of the Year
- Three-time C-USA Male Athlete of the Year
- First C-USA student-athlete to win three-consecutive Athlete of the Year awards
- Earned 11 All-American honors
- C-USA Postgraduate Scholarship Award
- Four-time C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll recipient
- Won three-straight NCAA Titles in the 3,000m steeplechase
- Captured 19 conference titles and won a total of 63 races as a Miner
- Garnered four conference team titles and led UTEP to back-to-back NCAA Championship appearances, including an 11th-place overall team finish in 2015
- Current league championship record-holder in the 3,000m steeplechase
- USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Cross Country Scholar Athlete of the Year
tamika whitmore
memphis
Women's Basketball (1995-99)
- Two-time C-USA Player of the Year
- Three-time All-American
- Three-time First Team All-C-USA selection
- Top 10 finalist for the Naismith Player of the Year Award in 1999 after her 26.3 point scoring average led the nation
- Led Memphis to the 1998 C-USA regular season and postseason tournament titles and an appearance in the 1998 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament
- Member of the C-USA Women’s Basketball All-Decade team (1995-2005)
- Scored 2,488 points during her career and was credited with 952 rebounds
- Second all time in career scoring in C-USA
- Played 11 seasons in the WNBA
coach inductees
john calipari
memphis
Men's Basketball (2000-09)
- Three-time C-USA Coach of the Year
- 2008 Naismith National Coach of the Year
- 2009 Sports Illustrated National Coach of the Year
- Won six C-USA regular season championships and four postseason tournament titles
- Made six NCAA Tournament appearances, twice as a No. 1 seed
- Posted eight-consecutive 20-win seasons, four-consecutive 30-win seasons and earned seven-consecutive postseason bids
- Led Memphis to the National Championship Game in 2008
- Won the 2002 NIT Championship
- Elected to the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2015
joan joyce
florida atlantic
Softball (2014-2022)
- Legendary player and coach
- Named head softball coach at FAU in 1994 with the 2022 season being her 28th with the Owls, she was the only FAU softball head coach in program history
- Earned her 1,000th career victory during the 2022 season
- In 2018, Joyce received her eighth Conference Coach of the Year title after leading her team to a C-USA regular-season conference championship
- Compiled more than 240 victories in Conference USA softball
- Won two league championships in C-USA, paired with two NCAA appearances
- She has been named to the Hall of Fame by 21 organizations
- One of the pillars that FAU Athletics was built upon, Joyce passed away in March 2022