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BASKETBALL SA will induct eight new faces into its prestigious Hall of Fame in an official  ceremony on Thursday, breaking slightly from tradition with no team inducted this year and no-one elevated to "Legend" status ... but only because its nominees were such incredible stand-outs.

The "elite eight", in alphabetical order, are Glenys Bauer, Jo Hill, Rick Hodges, the late Ted Hunt, Ian Laurie, Glenn Marsland, Ilze Nagy and Dean Whitford.

The Class of 2025 represents the very best of us and not only features some of our greatest players, but also coaches and administrators who elevated the sport of basketball to new heights in South Australia and across the world.

National representatives, Olympians, Halls and Woollacott medallists will be there for this gala event, to be hosted by SA's four-time Australian Opals Olympian Laura Hodges.

So just who are the members of the Class of 2025? Read on and find out!

GLENYS "Willi" BAUER (nee Williams): If a single moment was to define Willi's career, it has to be "the Shot." Representing South Australia in the Final against Victoria at the 1969 Australian Championship in Adelaide, the national tournament was the official opening of Apollo Stadium.

Down two in the pre-3-point days and just seconds left, Glenys let fly with a halfcourt shot which swished, sending the Final into overtime where SA prevailed.

An outstanding guard and one of the game's most popular figures, Glenys had a stellar career now recognised with her Hall of Fame induction.

1962 SA Junior Girls Team at Australian Championships
1963 SA Junior Girls Team at Australian Championships
1965-1970 SA Senior Women's team at Australian Championships (6)
1971 Australian Opals team at the FIBA World Championship in Brazil (9th)
District (NBL1) Championships with Vikings, Adelaide and West Torrens
1974 State delegate
2005 Sturt Basketball Club Legends 1960-2005
Life Member Basketball South Australia
State and District Women's Committee
Regular Masters Games participant

JO HILL: A career which spanned four decades of excellence in SA basketball, Jo was inducted into the Basketball SA Hall of Fame as a member of North Adelaide Rockets' all-conquering 1990 team which won the summer and State championships, the Australian Club Championship and the WNBL championship. This time she is inducted in her own right as a champion of our sport.

The Lights Community and Sports Centre signature court is named the Jo Hill Court, recognising an amazing career in SA and Australian basketball, despite also playing professionally in France and Spain in the mid-to-late 2000s.

1989 North Adelaide Rockets State champions (1)
    North Adelaide Rockets WNBL team
1990 North Adelaide Rockets State champions (2)
    North Adelaide Rockets WNBL champion (1)
1991 North Adelaide Rockets State champions (3)
1992 Australian Institute of Sport WNBL
1993 Australian Institute of Sport WNBL Captain
    Gold Medal for Australia at FIBA Under-20 World Championship
1994 Adelaide Lightning WNBL champion (2)
    North Adelaide Rockets State champions (4)
    Halls Medal as SA's fairest and most brilliant player
1995 Adelaide Lightning WNBL champion (3)
1996 Adelaide Lightning WNBL champion (4)
1997 Adelaide Lightning WNBL runners-up
1998 Adelaide Lightning WNBL champion (5)
   North Adelaide Rockets State champions (5)
   Australian Opals team at FIBA World Championship in Germany, Bronze Medal (1)
1999 Adelaide Lightning WNBL
2000 Adelaide Lightning WNBL
   Adelaide Lightning Most Valuable Player
   WNBL All Star Five
   Australian Opals team at Sydney Olympic Games, Silver Medal (2)
2003 Canberra Capitals WNBL
2004 WNBL Life Membership
2009 Townsville Fire WNBL
2010 Townsville Fire WNBL
2011 Adelaide Lightning WNBL Captain
2014 North Adelaide Rockets State champions (6)
2018 North Adelaide Rockets State champions (7)

Playing Summary
351 WNBL Games Played
7 x SA State champion at North Adelaide Rockets
5 x WNBL champion
3 x Life Member - WNBL, Basketball SA, North Adelaide Rockets
2 x Australian Opals
1 x Halls Medal

RICK HODGES: At the peak of his powers, Rick was the top centre in Australian basketball, blossoming from a shy country kid into a premier big-man feared and sought by clubs nationwide.

His talent took him to four NBL clubs and numerous SA Senior State teams where he annually was a force at national championships. A Tigers man at Glenelg and Noarlunga City, he also won SA State championships at West Adelaide and North Adelaide.

1976 SA Senior State team at Australian Championship (1)
   Woollacott Medal as SA's Fairest and Most Brilliant Player
   SA State Champion (NBL1) with Glenelg Tigers (1)
1977 SA Senior State team at Australian Championship (2)
   SA State Champion (NBL1) with Glenelg Tigers (2)
1978 SA Senior State team at Australian Championship (3)
   Australian Boomers at FIBA World Championship in Philippines (7th)
1979 NBL with Glenelg Tigers
   SA Senior State team at Australian Championship (4)
1980 NBL with West Adelaide Bearcats
   SA Senior State team at Australian Championship (5)
   SA State champion (NBL1) with West Adelaide (3)
1981 NBL with West Adelaide Bearcats
   SA Senior State team at Australian Championship (6)
   SA State champion (NBL1) with West Adelaide (4)
1982 NBL with Adelaide City Eagles (Adelaide 36ers)
   SA Rollers Wheelchair Team Coach (National champions)
1982 SA Senior State team at Australian Championship (7)
1983 SA State champion (NBL1) with North Adelaide (5)
   Life Member Basketball South Australia
1987 NBL with Hobart Tassie Devils
1992 Noarlunga City Tigers Coach, Champions SA State League (NBL1)
1993 Noarlunga City Tigers Coach, Champions SA State League (NBL1)
1997 Noarlunga City Tigers Coach
1998 Noarlunga City Tigers Coach, Champions SA State League (NBL1)
2002 World Masters Games
2009 World Masters Games
2013 World Masters Games

Playing Career
721 x NBL1 Games Played (SA record)
93 x NBL games, averaging 13.4 points, 1.0 rebounds
7 x SA Senior State Team (2 championships)
5 x SA State Champion Teams
1 x Australian Boomers at FIBA World Championship
1 x Woollacott Medal

Coaching Career
3 x SA Men's Champions (NBL1)
1 x Australian Wheelchair Champions

TED HUNT: Worked tirelessly with councils, committees and community members to bring Forestville Stadium to life and was a key figure in raising money for the building using the debenture share system.

1940s was recognised as one of SA's top basketballers
Played a pivotal role in shaping basketball and its growth in South Australia
1946 represented SA at the Australian Championship as a player
1949 attended the Australian Championship as a referee
Was a foundation member of SA District basketball
Identified the site for Forestville Stadium, the historic first purpose-built basketball stadium in Australia
Worked for 26 years as the assistant secretary of the District association 

IAN LAURIE: Highly revered as one of the state's original great junior coaches, focusing on fundamentals, Ian held the Australian Under-20 head coaching role for eight years. He was at the helm of Sturt's arrival as a force in District basketball, with names such as Phil Smyth, Dean Kinsman and Greg Lane among his burgeoning troop of talented young men whose careers he helped shape.

Transferring from Sturt to Forestville where the club's "Junior Coach of the Year" award now is named after him, the Eagles won the State championship in 1990.

SA State junior coach 1969, 1972-73, 1975-85
Australian Under 20 men's coach for tours of:
1976 Philippines
1977 Japan and Korea
1978 England and Germany
1979 FIBA World Championship in Brazil
1980 New Zealand
1982 New Zealand + Oceania Qualifiers
1983 Spain
1972-1979 Sturt District Men's (NBL1) coach
1982-1994 Forestville District men's (NBL1) coach
1986 SA State League (NBL1) Coach of the Year
1990 SA State League (NBL1) Coach of the Year
1990 Forestville Eagles State League (NBL1) Championship Coach
Life Member Australian Basketball Coaches Association
Life Member Sturt Basketball Club
Life Member Forestville Basketball Club
Life Member Basketball South Australia
 

GLENN MARSLAND:  Was a key piece of the great West Adelaide Bearcats teams of the mid-60s and 70s in the days before designated point or off-guards. Did the ball carrying and organising, and also took on part of the scoring load in a club's greatest era.

But was perhaps most revered for his commitment to defence and for his cool composure and poise in a crisis which set him apart. A genuine legend.

1967 West Adelaide championship team, starter (1)
1967-75 SA Senior men's team at Australian Championships (9)
1968 West Adelaide championship team, starter (2)
1970 West Adelaide championship team, starter (3)
1971 West Adelaide championship team, starter (4)
1971-73-74-75 Toured Singapore and Philippines with West Adelaide and South Australia
1971-72 Australian Boomers tours of USA, Europe and Asia
1972-75 Captain SA Senior Men's State team (4)
1972 Munich Olympic Games team
    Toured USA with SA Senior men's team
    West Adelaide championship team, starter (5)
1973-76 West Adelaide captain (4)
1974 Australian team for FIBA World Championship
1975 West Adelaide championship team, starter (6)
1977 West Adelaide captain-coach

400+ games for West Adelaide Bearcats
6 x SA State championships with West Adelaide
4 x Captain SA Senior State team
4 x Captain West Adelaide Bearcats
2 x Boomers representative: 1972 Olympic Games, 1974 FIBA World Championship

ILZE NAGY (nee Blicavs): An outstanding jumpshooter and rebounder, Ilze played for 20 years at "District" level, winning 15 club MVP awards while also coaching junior and senior teams as one of the sport's most popular personalities.

1971 Historic first Australian Under-16 National Championship. Led SA to inaugural title and led tournament point scoring.
     Sturt Senior Women's Team (District) at 15.
1972 SA Under-18 team for National Championship.
1973 SA Under-18 team for National Championship. SA won the championship.
     Sturt Basketball Club Most Valuable Player (1)
     Sturt Basketball Club Shearwood Trophy Winner
     Halls Medallist as SA's Fairest and Most Brilliant Player, aged 17 (1)
1974 Sturt Basketball Club Most Valuable Player (2)
     Sturt State Championship-winning team
     Sturt 3rd-place at Australian Club Championship
     Halls Medal Runner-up
     Australian Intervarsity Most Valuable Player
     Australian Intervarsity All Star Five (1)
     SA Senior State team, Australian championship-winning team (1)
     Flinders University "Blue" for Basketball
1975 Sturt Senior Team, BASA Summer champions
     Sturt Senior Team Captain
     SA Senior State Team, finished 3rd (2)
     Australian Opals team at FIBA World Championship in Cali, Colombia finishing 10th
     Australian Intervarsity All Star Five (2)
     Australian Intervarsity All-Australian Team
     Flinders University Sports Club War Memorial Medal
1976 Adelaide Basketball Club Most Valuable Player (1)
     Basketball Association of SA Top Point Scorer, 473 (1)
     SA Senior State Team, Australian Championship-winning Team (3)
     Australian Championship All Star Five (only SA player)
     Australian Intervarsity All Star Five (3)
1977 Adelaide Basketball Club Most Valuable Player (2)
     Basketball Association of SA Top Point Scorer (2)
     SA Senior State Team (4)
     Australian Intervarsity All Star Five (4)
1978 Adelaide Basketball Club Most Valuable Player (3)
1979 Adelaide Basketball Club Most Valuable Player (4)
     Halls Medal Runner-up
     SA Senior State Team, Australian Championship-winning Team (5)
1980 Adelaide Basketball Club Most Valuable Player (5)
1981 Adelaide Basketball Club Most Valuable Player (6)
1982 Returned to Sturt Basketball Club
     SA Senior State Team, Australian Championship Runners-up (6)
1983 Sturt Basketball Club Most Valuable Player (3)
     Halls Medal Runner-up
     Basketball Association of SA Top Point Scorer (3)
     Basketball Association of SA All Star Five (1)
     Basketball Association of SA Life Membership
     SA Senior State Team, finished 3rd (7)
1984 Halls Medal winner as SA's Fairest and Most Brilliant Player, by then-record margin of nine votes (2)
     Basketball Association of SA Most Valuable Player
     Basketball Association of SA Top Point Scorer (4)
     Basketball Association of SA All Star Five (2)
     Sturt Basketball Club Most Valuable Player (4)
     Sturt Basketball Club Outstanding Achievement of the Year Award
     SA Senior State Team (Aust C'ship cancelled), SA toured Tasmania (8)
     Playing-coached SA on Tasmania tour after coach Jim Madigan recalled to SA
1985 Basketball Association of SA Top Free Throw Shooting Percentage
     Sturt Semi Finalist of (Interstate) Women's Basketball Conference
1986 Sturt Basketball Club Most Valuable Player (5)
     Sturt Semi Finalist of (Interstate) Women's Basketball Conference
1987 Sturt Basketball Club Most Valuable Player (6)
1988 Sturt Basketball Club Most Valuable Player (7)
1989 Norwood Basketball Club Division II Most Valuable Player
1990 Norwood Basketball Club Most Valuable Player
1991 Apollo Commemorative All Star Team 1968-1991 (10 Greatest Players to compete at the venue)
2005 Sturt Club Legends 1960-2005
     Sturt Basketball Club Life Membership

20-Year Playing Career
8 x SA Senior State Teams
7 x Sturt Basketball Club MVP
6 x Adelaide Basketball Club MVP
4 x BASA Top Point Scorer
4 x Australian Intervarsity All Star Five
3 x SA State Junior (Inaugural U16, 2 x U18)
2 x HALLS MEDALLIST
2 x BASA All Star Five
2 x Norwood Basketball Club MVP
1 x Australian Opals, 1975 FIBA WC

Playing Coaching Career
1974-1977 Inclusive - Flinders University - Won two championships
1984 SA Senior State Team, Tasmania Tour, Undefeated

Coaching Career
1974-1981 Adelaide Basketball Club U14-U18 Girls
1984-1985 Sturt Basketball Club U18 Girls
1988-1990 Norwood Basketball Club U18 Boys
2000-2002 Adelaide Southern Suns Senior Women
2000-2006 Forestville Basketball Club U10, U12, U14 Girls (Nationals)
2004 Forestville Basketball Club Female Coach of the Year Award
2007-2010 Southern Tigers Basketball Club U16 Girls
2007 Southern Tigers Basketball Club Female Coach of the Year
2009-2010 Southern Tigers Basketball Club, Junior Coaching Director
 

DEAN WHITFORD: Dean has dedicated more than seven decades to basketball as a player, coach and administrator. During South Adelaide's dominance in SA, he was a key player at both ends of the floor.

He is respected throughout the community for his leadership, professionalism and sportsmanship, leaving an enduring legacy on basketball in South Australia.

1957 SA Under-18 team
3-time St George Medallist (top votegetter in the Woollacott Medal under-21, formerly the Milestone Medal, now Frank Angove Medal)
SA Senior State team 1964-1967
1963 South Adelaide State championship-winning team (1)
1964 Tokyo Olympic team reserve
1965 South Adelaide State championship-winning team (2)
1966 South Adelaide State championship-winning team (3)
1969 South Adelaide State championship-winning team (4)
Member of South Adelaide's record-setting team which won 51 straight games
Captain of SA "District" team on New Zealand tour
South Adelaide club MVP five times
1975 Australian Venture for Victory tour
First player in SA to reach 500-game milestone
Played 507 games for South Adelaide at "District" level
1982 Basketball SA Life Member
Coached South Adelaide "District" Women for 8 years
South Adelaide "District" women's assistant for 3 years
3-time Barry Hannaford Umpire Award (Church of Christ)

Playing Summary
5 x South Adelaide Panthers Club Most Valuable Player
4 x SA State champion with South Adelaide Panthers
4 x SA Senior State Team at National Championships
3 x St George Medallist
507 SA State League (NBL1) games played