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Ann Meyers Drysdale

Meyers c. 1976
Personal information
Born	(1955-03-26) March 26, 1955 (age 69) San Diego, California, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	134 lb (61 kg)
Career information
High school	Sonora (La Habra, California)
College	UCLA (1974–1978)
WBL draft	1978: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the Houston Angels
Playing career	1978–1981
Position	Shooting guard
Number	15
Career history
1979–1981	New Jersey Gems
Career highlights and awards
WBL Co-MVP (1980) Broderick Cup (1978) Honda Sports Award for basketball (1978) 4× Kodak All-American (1975–1978)
Basketball Hall of Fame
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
FIBA Hall of Fame
Medals Women's Basketball Representing the  United States Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City National team 1979 San Juan National team Olympic Games 1976 Montreal Team competition World University Games 1977 Sofia National team World Championship 1979 Seoul National team Jones Cup 1979 Taipei Team competition

Ann Meyers Drysdale (born Ann Elizabeth Meyers; March 26, 1955) is an American retired pro basketball player and a sportscaster. She was a standout player in high school, college, the Olympic Games, international tournaments, and at professional levels.

Meyers was the first player to be part of the U.S. national team while still in high school. She was the first woman signed to a four-year college athletic scholarship, at UCLA. She was also the first woman to sign a contract with a National Basketball Association team, the 1979 Indiana Pacers, for $50,000.

Meyers was president and general manager for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and a vice president for the NBA's Phoenix Suns. She is a vice president for the Phoenix Mercury and a color analyst for the Phoenix Suns television broadcasts. For over 26 years, she served as a network television sports analyst for TNT, ESPN, CBS, and NBC. Meyers is a board member for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, which is named after Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive back Ronnie Lott, and is given annually to college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. In 1993, Meyers was one of the first women players inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and in the inaugural class at the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999. She was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007 and into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.

Early life

Meyers was born on March 26, 1955, the sixth of Patricia and Bob Meyers' 11 children. Her father played guard for Marquette University, then for the Shooting Stars, a professional team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. One of her brothers, Dave, was an All-American at UCLA and went on to play for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Athletic accomplishments

High school

Meyers attended Cornelia Connelly High School and then later Sonora High School in La Habra, California, where she was able to engage in more competitive play. As an all-around athlete, she lettered in seven sports, including in softball, badminton, field hockey, tennis, and basketball. She earned thirteen Most Valuable Player awards in high school sports. She led her basketball teams to an 80–5 record. In 1974, Meyers became the first high school student to play for the U.S. national team.

College

Meyers was a four-year athletic scholarship player for the UCLA Bruins women's basketball team (1974–1978), the first woman to be so honored at any university. In a game against Stephen F. Austin on February 18, 1978, she recorded the first quadruple-double in NCAA Division I basketball history, with 20 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals. Since then, only four Division I players, three female and one male, have done so. On March 25, 1978, her UCLA Bruins team was the AIAW national champion: UCLA defeated Maryland, 90–74 at Pauley Pavilion. While at UCLA (1976–1979), she became the first four-time All-American women's basketball player. She was the winner of the Honda Sports Award as outstanding women's college basketball player of the year, as well as the Broderick Cup for outstanding woman athlete of the year in 1978. As of 2008, she still holds UCLA career records for season steals (125), career steals (403), and career blocked shots (101).

UCLA statistics

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Olympics and world competition

Meyers was a member of the US team that won the 1975 Pan American Games Gold medal. She played on the US Olympic basketball team that won a silver medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. That team was led by Billie Moore, her own coach at UCLA. She was on the 1979 US team that won the 1979 FIBA World Championship for Women Gold medal. This was the first time since 1957 that the United States won a World Championship title. She also won silver medals at the 1979 Pan American Games and 1977 World University Games.

Meyers was named to the team representing the US at the 1979 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. The USA team won all six games en route to the gold medal.

Professional

In July 1978, Meyers was selected first overall by the Houston Angels in the inaugural Women's Professional Basketball League draft. She decided against signing with the Angels to keep her amateur status and be eligible for the 1980 Olympics.

In 1979, Meyers made NBA history when she signed a $50,000 no-cut contract with NBA's Indiana Pacers. She participated in three-day tryouts for the team, the first by any woman for the NBA, but eventually was not chosen for the final squad. She became a color analyst for the team at a time when there were very few women in sportscasting.

After her stint with the Pacers, Meyers finally joined the WBL and signed with the New Jersey Gems. Playing for the Gems, Meyers was the WPBL Co-MVP for the 1979–1980 season. She wore jersey No. 15 for the Gems.

Superstars

Meyers entered the inaugural Women Superstars competition in 1979, finishing fourth, but then went on to win the next three consecutive years: 1980, 1981, and 1982.

Broadcasting career

Meyers has been the women's basketball analyst at the Summer Olympics since the NBC's coverage of the 2000 Sydney Olympics for NBC Sports. She was offered a job to broadcast the Chicago Bulls games in 1993, but she turned it down due to family considerations.

She served as an analyst on ESPN's coverage of the WNBA and previously worked for NBC Sports full-time as its lead WNBA analyst from 1997 to 2002. Meyers also worked "Hoop-It-Up" telecasts in 1994 and 1995. Since 1983, she has served as an ESPN analyst for various events including both men's and women's NCAA basketball games.

She also worked as a color analyst for the Indiana Pacers making her the first woman to do game analysis for the team. In 2012, she joined the Phoenix Suns broadcast team as a color analyst. On July 11, 2018, she announced her retirement from the Suns.

Meyers led the U.S. to a silver medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal as women's basketball made its Olympic debut, and returned eight years later as an announcer for ABC Sports at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She has since covered a wide variety of sports for major networks in the U.S., including the 1986, 1990 and 1994 Goodwill Games, men's and women's college basketball, and NCAA softball and volleyball.

Meyers served as an analyst for NBC Sports coverage of women's basketball at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

On November 1, 1986, she married former Los Angeles Dodger Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale, and took the name Ann Meyers Drysdale. It was the first time that a married couple were members of their respective sports' Halls of Fame. They had three children: sons Don Jr. (DJ) and Darren, and daughter Drew.

Meyers was widowed on July 3, 1993, when Drysdale died of a heart attack in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Meyers is the sister of former NBA player Dave Meyers, who also played college basketball and was an All-American at UCLA, under coach John Wooden. He played four seasons for the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks.

Previously a resident of Rancho Mirage, California, Meyers resides in Huntington Beach, California.

Honors and Hall of Fame inductions

• 1978—Winner of the Honda award for basketball
• 1978—The Honda-Broderick Cup winner for all sports.
• Meyers received her first Hall of Fame membership in 1985, when she was inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in the contemporary category for basketball.
• She was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 1988 as the first woman inductee.
• Her No. 15 basketball jersey was one of the first four retired by UCLA. She was honored on February 3, 1990, in a ceremony in Pauley Pavilion, along with Denise Curry (#12), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (#33), and Bill Walton (#32). This was the key moment in the "Pauley at 25" celebration of twenty-five years of the arena. The primary criteria for being chosen was that all four players were three-time All-Americans.
• On May 10, 1993, she was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts.
• When she was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993, it was the first time where a married couple were members of their respective Halls of Fame.
• In 1994, Meyers was the first woman ever to compete in the Celebrity Golf Association Championship.
• On January 31, 1995, she attended a ceremony in the gym of her high school, Sonora High School, in La Habra, California, where her player jersey was officially retired, and hung in display
• She was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in 1995.
• In 1999, Meyers received the Mel Greenberg Media Award, presented by the WBCA.
• On June 5, 1999, she was inducted as a charter member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, in Knoxville, Tennessee.
• In 2001, Meyers was honored as a Wooden All-Time All-American by the Wooden award.
• She was a 2003 NCAA Silver Anniversary Awards recipient. She joins William Naulls (1981), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1994), and Bill Walton (1999) as UCLA athletes who have been so honored on the 25th anniversary of a major athletic accomplishment.
• In 2007, she was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class of 2007. She is 1 of 3 United States citizens, along with male player Bill Russell and coach Dean Smith so honored.
• Ann has been involved with Special Olympics for more than 30 years and currently serves as a Sports Ambassador for Special Olympics Southern California.

See also

• List of Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA) Recipients
• UCLA Bruins women's basketball
• Manon Rhéaume, the first woman to play in a game in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada

Notes

1. "Interview with Phoenix Mercury GM Ann Meyers Drysdale". April 26, 2009. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
2. Mercury's Drysdale adds title of president, Miami Herald, June 30, 2010
3. "A Lifetime of Firsts". Phoenix Woman. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
4. ^ Porter p. 120
5. ^ Woolum p 188
6. ^ UCLA Women's basketball media guide
7. ^ SKYHAWK JUNIOR MAKES NCAA HISTORY WITH QUADRUPLE-DOUBLE. University of Tennessee at Martin – UT Martin Sports, November 14, 2007 (Quadruple-double history mention)
8. "Past Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Winners (Honda Cup)". CWSA. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
9. "The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: Ann Meyers". www.hoophall.com. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
10. "UCLA Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved September 5, 2017.
11. "1979 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
12. ^ Porter, Karra (May 2006). Mad Seasons: The Story of the First Women's Professional Basketball League, 1978–1981. Bison Books. ISBN 0-8032-8789-5.
13. Mercury Name Ann Meyers Drysdale As General Manager Phoenix Mercury web site, September 12, 2006
14. Smith, Michelle (May 7, 2010). "Ann Meyers Drysdale Epitomizes Working Mothers". AOL Sports. Archived from the original on May 10, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
15. "Ann Meyers Drysdale joins Phoenix Suns broadcast team". AZCentral.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
16. Medium Well: Your NBC Olympics lineup – A blog on sports media, news and networks – baltimoresun.com Archived November 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
17. Lyons, Richard D. (July 5, 1993). "Don Drysdale, Hall of Fame Pitcher, Dies at 56". The New York Times.
18. Lyons, Richard D. (July 5, 1993). "Don Drysdale, Hall of Fame Pitcher, Dies at 56". The New York Times. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
19. Meyers Drysdale, Ann (2012). You Let Some Girl Beat You?: The Story of Ann Meyers Drysdale. Behler. ISBN 978-1933016788.
20. "PAST HONDA SPORTS AWARD WINNERS FOR BASKETBALL". THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards Program. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
21. "Past Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Winners (Honda Cup)". THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards Program. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
22. "Hall of Famers". Basketball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on August 31, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
23. Vencedor, Sonora High School Yearbook, Volume 29. La Habra, California: Jostens. June 1995. p. 129.
24. "Mel Greenberg Media Award". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
25. "WBHOF Inductees". WBHOF. Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
26. 2003 NCAA Silver Anniversary Award Recipients. National Collegiate Athletic Association, November 21, 2002
27. NCAA ANNOUNCES SILVER ANNIVERSARY AWARD RECIPIENTS Archived May 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. National Collegiate Athletic Association, November 21, 2002

Book sources

• Woolum, Janet (1998). Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They Are and How They Influenced Sports In America. Oryx Press. ISBN 978-1-57356-120-4.
• David L. Porter, ed. (2005). Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-30952-6.

Further reading

• Porter, Karra (2006). Mad Seasons: The Story of the First Women's Professional Basketball League, 1978-1981. Bison Books. ISBN 978-0803287891.
• Meyers Drysdale, Ann (2012). You Let Some Girl Beat You?: The Story of Ann Meyers Drysdale. Behler Publications. ISBN 978-1933016788.

External links

• Career statistics from Basketball Reference
• Ann Meyers at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
• Ann Meyers at FIBA
• Ann Meyers Drysdale at the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

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Henderson 2000: Blades 2001: Finch 2002: Finch 2003: Watley 2004: van der Linden 2005: Osterman 2006: Osterman 2007: Abbott 2008: Tincher 2009: Lawrie 2010: Lawrie 2011: Bruder 2012: Ricketts 2013: Ricketts 2014: Shipman 2015: Haeger 2016: Romero 2017: Barnhill 2018: Garcia 2019: Garcia 2020: No award 2021: Garcia 2022: Alo 2023: Fouts 2024: Canady Swimming & diving 1977: Belote 1978: Laravie 1979: Pennington 1980: Sterkel 1981: Sterkel 1982: Caulkins 1983: Caulkins 1984: Caulkins 1985: Meagher 1986: Je. Johnson 1987: Meagher 1988: Mitchell 1989: Je. Johnson 1990: J. Evans 1991: Fetter 1992: Sanders 1993: Jorgensen 1994: Haislett 1995: J. Thompson 1996: Quance 1997: Quance 1998: M. Hyman 1999: Moravcová 2000: Teuscher 2001: M. Hyman 2002: Coughlin 2003: Coughlin 2004: Kirk 2005: Coventry 2006: DeScenza 2007: Joyce 2008: Burckle 2009: Vollmer 2010: Smit 2011: Hosszú 2012: Leverenz 2013: Schmitt 2014: F. Lee 2015: Franklin 2016: Worrell 2017: Ledecky 2018: Manuel 2019: King 2020: Weitzeil 2021: Bacon 2022: Douglass 2023: Douglass 2024: Walsh Tennis 1977: Mueller 1978: DuVall 1979: Jordan 1980: W. White 1981: A. Fernandez 1982: Crowe 1983: L. Allen 1984: Spain 1985: Gates 1986: Rush 1987: Fendick 1988: S. Stafford 1989: Birch 1990: Graham 1991: Birch 1992: Raymond 1993: Raymond 1994: Lettiere 1995: Phebus 1996: Craybas 1997: Osterloh 1998: Catlin 1999: V. Webb 2000: Irvin 2001: Granville 2002: Bielik 2003: Castellvi 2004: Liu 2005: Zemenová 2006: K. Miller 2007: Cohen 2008: McDowell 2009: Cecil 2010: Vallverdu 2011: Juricová 2012: Gibbs 2013: Gibbs 2014: R. Anderson 2015: R. Anderson 2016: Da. Collins 2017: Woolcock 2018: Hartono 2019: Perez-Somarriba 2020: No award 2021: Daavettila 2022: Stearns 2023: Crawley 2024: Stoiana Track & field 1977: Ashford 1978: Mills 1979: J. Anderson 1980: Shea 1981: Warren 1982: Ka. Smith 1983: Joyner 1984: Givens 1985: Joyner 1986: Cuthbert 1987: Cavanaugh 1988: Huber 1989: Huber 1990: Favor 1991: Guidry 1992: K. Oden 1993: Hyche 1994: Hyche 1995: Guthrie-Gresham 1996: Hill 1997: Skieresz 1998: Skieresz 1999: Su. Reid 2000: Spencer 2001: B. Taylor 2002: A. Williams 2003: Goulbourne 2004: Ki. Smith 2005: Mo. Henderson 2006: Powell 2007: K. Stewart 2008: Ja. Johnson 2009: Barringer 2010: Koll 2011: Sh. Reid 2012: K. Duncan 2013: K. Duncan 2014: Nelvis 2015: Prandini 2016: Okolo 2017: K. Williams 2018: Ewen 2019: David 2020: No award 2021: Cockrell 2022: Steiner 2023: J. Moore 2024: Valby Volleyball 1977: F. Hyman 1978: Green 1979: Cottle 1980: Meyers 1981: Berg 1982: Schlobohm 1983: De. Collins 1984: De. Collins 1985: Masakayan 1986: K. Oden 1987: Dahlgren 1988: Eagye 1989: Eggers 1990: Cross 1991: B. Oden 1992: N. Williams 1993: N. Williams 1994: D. Scott 1995: Davis 1996: Weston 1997: Ljungqvist 1998: Folkl 1999: May 2000: Cacciamani 2001: Cepero 2002: Tom 2003: Tom 2004: A. Ross 2005: Nnamani 2006: C. Thompson 2007: Pavan 2008: Akinradewo 2009: Fawcett 2010: Hodge 2011: B. Brown 2012: Jupiter 2013: Bergsma 2014: Vansant 2015: Vansant 2016: Bricio 2017: Ajanaku 2018: Alhassan 2019: Plummer 2020: Gray 2021: Lilley 2022: Rettke 2023: Eggleston 2024: Skinner Honda Cup 1976: Harris 1978: Meyers 1979: Lieberman 1980: Shea 1981: Sterkel 1982: Caulkins 1983: De. Collins 1984: Caulkins & C. Miller 1985: Joyner 1986: Ethridge 1987: Meagher 1988: Weatherspoon 1989: Huber 1990: Favor 1991: Staley 1992: Marlowe 1993: L. Fernandez 1994: Hamm 1995: Lobo 1996: Rizzotti 1997: Daws 1998: Holdsclaw 1999: May 2000: Teuscher 2001: Stiles 2002: A. Williams 2003: Watley 2004: Kirk 2005: Nnamani 2006: Sinclair 2007: Pavan 2008: Parker 2009: Kupets 2010: Hodge & M. Moore 2011: M. Moore 2012: Griner 2013: Ricketts 2014: Jacob 2015: Franklin 2016: B. Stewart 2017: Ledecky 2018: Manuel 2019: Garcia 2020: No award 2021: Garcia 2022: Boston 2023: Ca. Clark 2024: Ca. Clark Inspiration 1988: Roethlisberger 1989: Jacobs 1990: Robertson 1991: T. Nichols 1992: Stepp 1993: Mead 1994: H. Scott 1995: A. Johnson 1996: Carson 1998: H. Anderson 1999: J. Jones 2000: J. Olson 2001: Berner 2002: Koetsier 2003: McPherson 2004: Gunn 2005: Kroon 2006: Payne 2007: Kohut 2008: Knight 2009: Hester 2010: Cobb 2011: Breland 2012: Delle Donne 2013: Mingo 2014: Gilliland 2015: McGee-Stafford 2016: Fogle 2017: N. Stafford 2018: Cunningham 2019: Fessler 2020: No award 2021: O'Neal 2022: Thibodeau 2023: M. White 2024: Gayles Div II 1988: Brinton 1989: Cobbs 1990: Hardy 1991: Saunders 1992: Hand 1993: C. Allen 1994: Metro 1995: Coetzee 1996: Clarkson 1997: Morlock 1998: Penner 1999: Almazan 2000: Even 2001: Martin 2002: N. 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• Biography
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• 1955 births
• Living people
• All-American college women's basketball players
• American women's basketball players
• Basketball players at the 1975 Pan American Games
• Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Basketball players at the 1979 Pan American Games
• Basketball players from San Diego
• College basketball announcers in the United States
• FIBA Hall of Fame inductees
• Indiana Pacers announcers
• Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade
• Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
• Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
• Olympic silver medalists for the United States in basketball
• Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in basketball
• Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in basketball
• Phoenix Suns announcers
• People from Rancho Mirage, California
• Shooting guards
• Sportspeople from Huntington Beach, California
• Basketball players from Orange County, California
• Basketball players from Riverside County, California
• UCLA Bruins women's basketball players
• UCLA Bruins women's volleyball players
• United States women's national basketball team players
• Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
• FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States
• Women's National Basketball Association announcers
• Women's National Basketball Association general managers
• American women sports commentators
• Women's Professional Basketball League players
• American people of Polish descent
• 20th-century American sportswomen