SPRINGFIELD, MASS. – The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, Thursday, announced the list of eligible candidates for the Class of 2025, featuring several high-profile first-time nominees. Candidates for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025 include Carmelo Anthony, Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Dwight Howard, Doc Rivers, Billy Donovan, Sylvia Fowles, Chamique Holdsclaw, Mark Few, former Iowa Women’s Coach Lisa Bluder, Marc Gasol, and Micky Arison. The complete list of nominees can be found HERE.

Bluder is a Marion, Iowa, native who played basketball at Northern Iowa before going into coaching. She spent six seasons at St. Ambrose College in Davenport, where she had a 169-36 record between 1984 and 1990. She moved on to Drake University in 1990, where she had a 293-188 record over 10 years.

She spent 24 seasons at Iowa, where the Hawkeyes won at least 20 games in each of her last eight seasons — including 38 and 39 in the last two, respectively, when they reached the NCAA championship game. She was 528-254 overall at Iowa and 262-145 in the Big Ten Conference.

Lisa Bluder (University of Iowa photo)

The Missouri Valley Conference announced this week that Bluder had been selected for the MVC Hall of Fame. That induction ceremony will be held March 7 during the men’s basketball tournament in St. Louis, Missouri.

Finalists chosen from the applicable Category Screening Committees for the Class of 2025 will be announced on Friday, February 14, in San Francisco as part of NBA All-Star Weekend. The entire Class of 2025 will be unveiled during a nationally televised broadcast at the NCAA Final Four in San Antonio on Saturday, April 5.

The announcement time and broadcast network for both the Finalist and the Class Announcement will be announced in the near future.