Pat Summitt – Basketball Hall of Fame | 2000

Pat Summitt, née Patricia Head, (born June 14, 1952, Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S.—died June 27, 2016, Knoxville, Tennessee), American collegiate women’s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee (1974–2012) who led the squad to eight National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996–98, and 2007–08) and compiled more wins (1,098) than any other Division I college basketball (men’s or women’s) coach in NCAA history, a record that stood until it was broken in 2020 by Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer.

Date: June 1 & 3 (Tuesday & Thursday)

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Location: Thomas Worthington HS

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Geno Auriemma | UConn Woman’s Head Coach

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Geno Auriemma, byname of Luigi Auriemma, (born March 23, 1954, Montella, Italy), Italian-born American basketball coach who led the University of Connecticut women’s team to a record 11 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championships between 1995 and 2016 and to an unprecedented six undefeated seasons.

Date: June 8 & 10 (Tuesday & Thursday)

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Location: Thomas Worthington HS

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Katie Smith

Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame | 2018

A veteran of nearly 20 seasons of professional basketball, Katie Smith quietly and confidently established herself as one of the top female players of the modern era. Smith’s leadership qualities shone immediately at The Ohio State University where she led the Buckeyes to the NCAA Final Four as a freshman in 1993. Eight years later, Ohio State would honor the 1996 Big Ten Player of the Year as the first female student-athlete in school history to have her number retired. After a successful collegiate career, the Ohio native led the ABL’s Columbus Quest to the only championships in league history in 1996 and 1997. The seven-time WNBA All-Star then won two more championships with the Detroit Shock of the WNBA and was a two-time First Team All-WNBA performer during her time with the Minnesota Lynx. In 2011, Smith was named one of the WNBA’s Top 15 Players of All-Time. She retired in 2013 as the all-time leading scorer in women’s professional basketball. The 2006 WNBA All-Decade member won three Olympic gold medals in 2000, 2004, and 2008.

Date: June 15 & 17 (Tuesday & Thursday)

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Location: Thomas Worthington HS

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Angela Lee Duckworth | GRIT: The Power of Passion & Perseverance (Ted Talk)

Julie Lythcott-Haims | How to Raise Successful Kids without Over Parenting

Julie Lythcott-Haims is the author of the New York Times best-selling book How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success. The book emerged from her decade as Stanford University’s Dean of Freshmen, where she was known for her fierce advocacy for young adults and received the university’s Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for creating “the” atmosphere that defines the undergraduate experience. She was also known for her fierce critique of the growing trend of parental involvement in the day-to-day lives of college students.

Toward the end of her tenure as dean, she began speaking and writing widely on the harm of helicopter parenting. By loading kids with high expectations and micromanaging their lives at every turn, parents aren’t actually helping. At least, that’s how Julie Lythcott-Haims sees it. With passion and wry humor, the former Dean of Freshmen at Stanford makes the case for parents to stop defining their children’s success via grades and test scores. Instead, she says, they should focus on providing the oldest idea of all: unconditional love.

Date: June 22 & 24 (Tuesday & Thursday)

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Brian Agler

Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame | 2014

Brian Agler (born August 2, 1958) is an American women’s professional basketball coach. He previously coached the Dallas Wings from 2019 to 2020. He also had previously been head coach of the Seattle Storm and the Los Angeles Sparks, each of whom he led to a championship in 2010 and 2016 respectively. During his coaching career, Agler has guided young stars like Candace Parker, Nneka Ogwumike, Alana Beard, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Tayler Hill, Liz Cambage, Megan Gustafson, and Arike Ogunbowale.

Date: June 28 – July 2 (Monday & Friday)