Vicki Hall

{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1969)}}

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| birth_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.

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Naismith Prep Player of the Year (1988)
Gatorade National Player of the Year (1988)

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Vicki Anne Hall (born October 3, 1969) is an assistant coach with the Indiana Fever since 2021. Before joining the WNBA team, Hall served as the head coach of the Indiana State Sycamores women's basketball team from 2018 to 2021. As a basketball player, Hall accumulated 1,755 points with Brebeuf High School. She was the 1988 Naismith Prep Player of the Year and Gatorade High School Basketball Player of the Year. With the Texas Longhorns women's basketball team from 1988 to 1993, Hall reached the final eight of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament between 1989 and 1990 and had 1,831 career points. Apart from college basketball, Hall won gold at the 1990 FIBA World Championship for Women and the 1990 Goodwill Games with the American women basketball team.

For her professional basketball career in the United States, Hall played in the American Basketball League during the late 1990s before joining the Women's National Basketball Association in 2000. With the Cleveland Rockers, Indiana Fever and the Los Angeles Sparks, Hall played in a combined total of 61 games up to 2002 and had 255 points. For her international career, Hall had 1,958 points for several Italian teams in the Lega Basket Femminile during the 2000s. In between her stints in Italy, Hall had 155 points in the 2006–07 EuroLeague Women in France. Other countries where Hall played basketball included Greece, Israel and Turkey. Hall was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Indiana Sports Hall of Fame during 2023.

Early life and education

On October 3, 1969, Hall was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.{{cite web |title=Vicki Hall Regular Season Totals |url=https://stats.wnba.com/player/100458/?Season=2002&SeasonType=Regular%20Season |website=WNBA Advanced Stats |access-date=September 22, 2020}}{{cite news |last1=VanTryon |first1=Matthew |title='I finally came home.' Why a former Miss Basketball returns to Indiana 30 years later |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/2018/03/21/finally-came-home-how-former-miss-basketball-ended-up-where-all-began-30-years-later/447074002/ |access-date=September 22, 2020 |work=The Indianapolis Star |date=March 21, 2018}} During her childhood, Hall began playing basketball by herself as a toddler. In elementary school, Hall was on a basketball team while participating in athletics and softball.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Wendy |title=Noise's Hall happily plays role of 'psychotic' |work=The Tennessean |date=December 13, 1998 |page=2C}} As a teenager, Hall played at the 1984 AAU Junior Olympic Games in the girls basketball event.{{cite news |last1=Buey |first1=Kevin |title=Youngest Cager Drawing Notice |work=Albuquerque Journal |date=July 18, 1984 |at=sec. C p. 1}} In later editions, she won the 16U event with Love's Carpet during 1986 and the 18U event with the Indiana Hoosierettes during 1988.{{cite news |last1=Mengle |first1=Rev |title=Fireworks |work=Daily Journal |date=July 7, 1986 |location=Johnston County, Indiana |page=9}}{{cite news |title=Indiana cruises to crown |work=The South Bend Tribune |date=July 17, 1988 |page=D1}}

At Brebeuf High School from 1984 to 1988, Hall accumulated 925 rebounds and 1725 points.{{cite news |title=County Female |work=The Indianapolis Star |date=June 12, 1988 |page=B-16}} With the team, Hall competed in the 1988 Warren Central regional final held by the IHSAA.{{cite news |last1=Godby |first1=Chuck |title=Noblesville wins regional crown |work=The Noblesville Ledger |date=February 15, 1988 |page=7}}{{cite news |title=IHSAA Girls Regionals |work=The Herald |date=February 15, 1988 |location=Dubois County, Indiana |page=38}} On the American women's team, Hall won silver at the 1986 U.S. Olympic Festival and gold at the 1987 William Jones Cup. In 1988, she won another gold medal at the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women.{{cite web |title=Women's Basketball - USA Basketball / International Competition |url=https://texassports.com/sports/2014/6/7/WBB_0607145142 |website=University of Texas Athletics |access-date=September 22, 2020}}{{cite web |title=1987 Women's R. William Jones Cup |url=https://www.usab.com/history/additional-usa-basketball-history/r-williams-jones-cup-team/1987-womens-r-william-jones-cup.aspx |website=USA Basketball |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325015400/https://www.usab.com/history/additional-usa-basketball-history/r-williams-jones-cup-team/1987-womens-r-william-jones-cup.aspx |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |access-date=September 15, 2023 |date=June 10, 2010}} That year, she participated at the Olympic trials and did not receive a spot on the American team.{{cite news |last1=Pulliam |first1=Kent |title=U.S. women's team gets tougher to crack |work=The Kansas City Times |date=April 23, 1988 |page=D-4}}{{cite news |last1=Wangrin |first1=Mark |title=Conradt: Cocaine user at trials wasn't from UT |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=August 26, 1988 |page=D3}}

During 1986, Hall was an Associated Press All-State player.{{cite news |title=Edwards, Manns top AP team |work=Seymour Daily Tribune |agency=Associated Press |date=April 1, 1986 |page=14}} She continued to be an All-State player during 1987 and 1988.{{cite news |last1=Herman |first1=Steve |title=Harmon nets selection to All-State cage team |work=The Times |agency=The Associated Press |date=April 2, 1987 |location=Munster, Indiana |page=C-1}}{{cite news |title=Indiana all-state basketball teams |work=The Times |date=March 30, 1988 |location=Munster, Indiana |page=B-4}} Hall was named an All-American by Parade in 1986 and 1987.{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Haskell |title=Parade's All-America High School Girls Basketball Team |work=The Leaf-Chronicle |date=March 23, 1986 |page=sec. Parade Magazine p. 16}}{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Haskell |title=Parade's All-America High School Girls Basketball Team |work=Albuquerque Journal |date=March 29, 1987 |page=sec. Parade Magazine p. 14}} In 1988, she was their Player of the Year.{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Haskell |title=Parade's All-America High School Girls Basketball Team |work=Tallahassee Democrat |date=March 13, 1988 |page=sec. Parade Magazine p. 14}} That year, Hall was a Converse All-American.{{cite news |last1=Randall |first1=Steve |title=Nelson named Converse All-America |work=Rushville Republican |date=May 4, 1988 |page=9}}

College basketball

In 1988, Hall joined the women's basketball team while attending the University of Texas at Austin.{{cite web |title=1992-93 Women's Basketball Roster Vicki Hall Stats |url=https://texassports.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/vicki-hall/4227 |website=University of Texas Athletics |access-date=September 5, 2020}} That year, she had an injured foot due to a stress fracture.{{cite news |last1=Wangrin |first1=Mark |title=Stress fracture sidelines Hall |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=December 17, 1988 |page=C1}} Due to her injury, "Hall missed eight games" that season.{{cite news |last1=Wangrin |first1=Mark |title=Texas' progress impress Conradt |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=March 27, 1989 |page=D5}} In 1989, Hall won the Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament with Texas.{{cite news |last1=Godich |first1=Mark |title=Lady Longhorns survive Arkansas |work=Times Record News |agency=Associated Press |date=March 12, 1989 |page=2D}} At that year's NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, her team reached the regional finals.{{cite news |last1=Maher |first1=John |title=Tate dominates for Lady Terps |work=Austin American-Statesmen |date=March 26, 1989 |page=C6}}{{cite news |title=The Road to Tacoma: NCAA Division I women's basketball championship |work=Iowa City Press-Citizen |date=March 27, 1989 |page=3D}}

With Texas during 1990, Hall won the Southwest Conference tournament.{{cite news |title=Lady Horns take tourney title |work=Bryan-College Station Eagle |agency=The Associated Press |date=March 11, 1990 |page=5B}} They were also regional finalists at the NCAA Division I tournament.{{cite news |title=La. Tech blows by UT |work=Abilene Reporter-News |agency=Associated Press |date=March 25, 1990 |page=7C}}{{cite news |title=The road to Knoxville: NCAA Division I women's basketball championship |work=Hattiesburg American |date=March 26, 1990 |page=2B}} In school records from 1990 to 1993, Hall had the most points in two seasons and most rebounds in three seasons.{{cite web |title=2021-22 Texas Women's Basketball Record Book |url=https://texassports.com/documents/2022/3/6/wbb_record_book_2021_22.pdf |website=The University of Texas at Austin Athletics |access-date=August 27, 2022 |pages=24, 26 |date=March 6, 2022}} In 2022, Hall was in the top ten for most overall defensive rebounds and points.The University of Texas at Austin Athletics 2022, pp. 10-11

Apart from college basketball, Hall was on the American team that played at the 1989 FIBA Americas Championship for Women.{{cite web |title=FIBA AmeriCup for Women -- All-Time USA Roster by Affiliation |url=https://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/fac-all-time-roster-by-affiliation.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205054220/https://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/fac-all-time-roster-by-affiliation.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2021 |website=USA Basketball |access-date=September 22, 2020 |date=October 19, 2012}} She also won gold with the American women's basketball team at the 1990 FIBA World Championship for Women and the 1990 Goodwill Games.{{cite web |title=Eleventh World Championships -- 1990 |url=https://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/wwc-1990.aspx |website=USA Basketball |access-date=September 15, 2023 |date=June 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326183636/https://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/wwc-1990.aspx |archive-date=March 26, 2023}}{{cite web |title=Second Women's Goodwill Games -- 1990 |url=https://www.usab.com/history/additional-usa-basketball-history/gwg-women/second-womens-goodwill-games-1990.aspx |website=USA Basketball |access-date=September 15, 2023 |date=June 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330145946/https://www.usab.com/history/additional-usa-basketball-history/gwg-women/second-womens-goodwill-games-1990.aspx |archive-date=March 30, 2023}} For her post-secondary education, Hall studied psychology at Texas and graduated in 1993 with a bachelor's degree.{{cite web |title=Vicki Hall |url=https://utrockets.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/vicki-hall/54 |website=University of Toledo Athletics |access-date=September 22, 2020}}

Career

=Professional career=

As a European basketball player between 1993 and 1996, Hall started out in Switzerland before she primarily played in Greece.{{cite news |last1=Cantu |first1=Rick |title=Shooting slump puzzles coaches |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=February 16, 1994 |page=E3}}{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Wendy |title=Basketball still the plan for most Noise players |work=The Tennessean |date=January 3, 1999 |page=8C}} In 1996, Hall remained in Greece after declining to be drafted by the Colorado Xplosion.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Wendy |title=You can go home again |work=The Tennessean |date=October 25, 1998 |page=8C}} The following year, Hall left Greece to play for the Xplosion in the American Basketball League.{{cite news |last1=Maher |first1=John |title=Homecoming |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=September 24, 1997 |page=C1}}{{cite news |title=Cardinal Reign in Seattle's home opener |work=The San Francisco Examiner |date=October 20, 1997 |page=D-5}} In 1998, Hall stayed in the ABL when she was drafted by the Nashville Noise. After Hall played with the Noise until the ABL closed in December 1998, she resumed her Greek basketball career in 1999.{{cite news |last1=Maher |first1=John |title=American Basketball League folds after 2 1/2 years |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=December 23, 1998 |page=C1}}

In the Women's National Basketball Association, Hall started her first games with the Cleveland Rockers between May and June 2000.{{cite news |last1=Robb |first1=Sharon |title=Rockers squeak past Sol in debut |work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |date=May 14, 2000 |page=17C}}{{cite news |title=Fire challenges Houston in OT |work=The Sentinel |date=June 1, 2000 |location=Carlisle, Pennsylvania |page=C9}} After experiencing a back injury in July 2001, Hall was released by the Rockers and started playing for the Indiana Fever that month.{{cite news |title=Rockers win 11th straight home game |work=The Springfield News-Leader |date=July 2, 2001 |page=5C}}{{cite news |title=Hall sparks Fever win over Miracle |work=Journal and Courier |date=July 14, 2001 |location=Layfette, Indiana |page=C4}} In May 2002, Hall played for the Los Angeles Sparks during their preseason.{{cite news |title=Detroit Shock Cash-es in to knock off Los Angeles |work=South Bend Tribune |date=May 18, 2002 |page=B2}} After 3 games with the Sparks, Hall ended her WNBA career with 255 points, 140 rebounds and 61 games during her time with the three teams.

Outside of the WNBA, Hall played basketball in Israel and Turkey (1999-2000 for Brisaspor and 2001-2002 for Fenerbahçe Istanbul){{cite web |title=Fenerbahçe Istanbul past rosters since 1991-92 season |url=https://fenerinkraliceleri.blogspot.com/2010/07/1991-1992-sezonundan-bu-yana.html |website=fenerinkraliceleri.blogspot.com |access-date=November 22, 2024}} during the early 2000s.{{cite news |last=Halliburton |first=Suzanne |title=Brown's a target on court and on WNBA's draft list |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=April 25, 2000 |at=sec. Tracking the Longhorns p. D7}}{{cite news |last1=Woods |first1=David |title=Youthful Fever might trade 2002 draft's No. 4 pick |work=The Indianapolis Star |date=November 14, 2001 |page=D5}} From 2003 to 2006, Hall played on multiple Italian teams in the Lega Basket Femminile.{{cite web |title=Hall Vicky |url=http://www.legabasketfemminile.it/PlayerDetails.aspx?PID=27627 |website=Legabasket Femminile |access-date=September 5, 2020}} While in Italy, Hall and her team were part of the final four in 2006.{{cite news |title=Hall named women's assistant at MU |work=The Journal News |date=August 19, 2009 |location=Hamilton, Ohio |page=B3}} Hall went to France for the 2006–07 EuroLeague Women season where she had 77 rebounds and 155 points.{{cite web |title=2007 Euroleague Women Vicki Hall |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/7534/pid2//sid/5085/tid//tid2//_/2007_EuroLeague_Women/index.html |website=FIBA |access-date=September 5, 2020}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Hall returned to the Lega Basket Femminile in 2007 and remained with the league until 2008. With the LBF, Hall scored 1,958 overall points between four teams.

=Coaching career=

Between 2002 and 2003, Hall coached in Israel as the interim women's basketball head coach for Bank Leumi.{{cite web |title=Vicki Hall Named Head Women's Basketball Coach |url=https://gosycamores.com/news/2018/3/20/vicki-hall-named-head-womens-basketball-coach.aspx |website=Indiana State University Athletics |access-date=September 5, 2020 |date=March 21, 2018}} After ending her playing career in 2009, Hall became an assistant coach for Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She remained at Miami until she continued her assistant coaching career with the University of New Mexico's women's basketball team in 2011.{{cite news |last1=Sickenger |first1=Ken |title=Assistant Has Passion For Hoops |work=Albuquerque Journal |date=June 9, 2011 |pages=D1-D2}} After transferring to the University of Toledo in 2012, Hall worked as an associate head coach for their women's basketball team from 2012 to 2017.{{cite news |last1=Sickenger |first1=Ken |title=UNM Assistant Hall Accepts Position at Toledo |work=Albuquerque Journal |date=April 19, 2012 |page=D1}}{{cite web |title=Vicki Hall - Women's Basketball Coach |url=https://utrockets.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/vicki-hall/54 |website=The University of Toledo Athletics |access-date=September 5, 2020}}

In March 2018, Hall became the head coach of the Indiana State Sycamores women's basketball team.{{cite news |last1=Aaron |first1=Todd |title=Hall named Indiana State's women's basketball coach |url=https://www.tribstar.com/sports/hall-named-indiana-states-womens-basketball-coach/article_ccf19e78-2c55-11e8-a922-736e0e59fccd.html |access-date=September 5, 2020 |work=Tribune-Star |date=March 20, 2018 |location=Terre Haute, Indiana}} At the Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament, Hall's team was in the first round during 2019.{{cite news |last1=Batterson |first1=Steve |title=Valparaiso, Loyola advance |work=Quad-City Times |date=March 15, 2019 |page=B5}} Indiana State also competed in the tournament's first round during 2021.{{cite news |last1=Batterson |first1=Steve |title=SIU, Valpo win openers |work=The Dispatch |agency=Quad-City Times |date=March 12, 2021 |page=B3}} After leaving Indiana State in March 2021, Hall had 21 wins and 59 losses.{{Cite web|title=Indiana State and Head Women’s Basketball Coach Vicki Hall Agree to Mutually Part Ways|url=https://gosycamores.com/news/2021/3/15/womens-basketball-indiana-state-and-head-womens-basketball-coach-vicki-hall-agree-to-mutually-part-ways.aspx|date=March 15, 2021|access-date=March 17, 2021|website=Indiana State University Athletics|language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Amey |first1=Andy |title=UPDATE: ISU's Vicki Hall has agreed to leave women's basketball program |url=https://www.tribstar.com/sports/update-isus-vicki-hall-has-agreed-to-leave-womens-basketball-program/article_c0145948-85c6-11eb-be33-97461560138c.html |access-date=May 5, 2021 |work=Tribune-Star |date=March 15, 2021}} The following month, Hall was hired by the Indiana Fever as an assistant coach.{{cite web |title=Fever Add Miss Indiana’s 1988 Basketball Vicki Hall to Coaching Staff |url=https://fever.wnba.com/news/indiana-fever-hire-vicki-hall/ |website=Indiana Fever |access-date=May 5, 2021 |date=April 7, 2021}}

Honors

In 1988, Hall was named Indiana Miss Basketball.{{cite news |last1=McKee |first1=Pat |title=Hall nets cherished No. 1 spot |work=Indianapolis Star |date=March 13, 1988 |pages=D-1}} That year, she was also the recipient of the Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award and Gatorade High School Basketball Player of the Year Award.{{cite web |title=Past Winners |url=https://naismithtrophy.com/winners/ |website=Citizen Naismith Trophy |access-date=September 5, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Vicki Hall 1987 - 1988 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year |url=http://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/winner/vicki-hall/25760 |website=Gatorade |access-date=September 5, 2020}} During 1989, Hall was on The Associated Press's Indiana Players of the '80s list.{{cite news |title=Bailey, Hall voted '80s' best |work=Journal and Courier |publisher=The Associated Press |date=March 29, 1990 |location=Lafayette, Indiana |page=C1}} In 1990, Hall was in the top ten for the most points scored by a girls basketball player in Indiana.{{cite news |last1=Kollars |first1=Brian |title=Richmond girls eyeing NCC title |work=Palladium-Item |date=January 19, 1990 |at=sec. Indiana's Top 10 girls scorers p. B2}}

For the Southwest Conference, Hall was their Newcomer of the Year for 1989.{{cite news |title=Lady Horns' Davis named SWC Player of Year |work=Austin American-Statesman |agency=Associated Press |date=March 7, 1989 |page=D1}} During 1990, she was named All-Southwest Conference.{{cite news |title=DeHorney Honored |work=The Victoria Advocate |agency=Associated Press |date=March 7, 1990 |page=2B}} Additional All-Southwest selections for Hall were in 1991 and 1993.{{cite news |title=SWC women's honors |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |agency=Wire reports |date=March 4, 1991 |page=sec. C p. 2}}{{cite news |title=UT's Henderson, Hall are All-SWC |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=March 12, 1993 |page=C9}} With the University of Texas, Hall was named Most Valuable Player on the women's basketball team in 1990.{{cite news |title=Athletic awards |work=Austin American-Statesman |agency=Associated Press |date=May 7, 1990 |page=C6}} In 2013, Hall was named to the Silver Anniversary Team by the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.{{cite web |title=Silver Anniversary Teams |url=https://hoopshall.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Silver-Anniversary-Teams.pdf |website=Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame |year=2023 |access-date=January 14, 2024 |page=6}} Years later, she was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015.{{cite web |title=Vicki Hall |url=https://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/vicki-hall/ |website=Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame |access-date=September 5, 2020}} In 2018, Hall was inducted into the University of Texas at Austin Hall of Honor.{{cite web |title=Vicki Hall (2018) - Hall of Honor |url=https://texassports.com/honors/hall-of-honor/vicki-hall/896 |website=University of Texas Athletics|access-date=September 5, 2020}} She joined the Indiana Sports Hall of Fame during 2023.{{cite web |title=Indiana Sports Hall of Fame Classes |url=https://inshof.com/ishof-classes |website=Indiana Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=September 2, 2024}}

References

External links

{{Basketballstats |wnba=100458 |wbbr= h/hallvi01w }}
{{FIBA|new_id=107188|name=Victoria Hall}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20230303034914/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q//pid/7534/_//players.html Vicki Anne Hall] at FIBA (archived)

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