SAN MATEO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference is slated to induct its 13th Hall of Honor class on Saturday, March 4, at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ten individuals, one from each member institution, will be recognized in a special ceremony as part of the 2023 University Credit Union West Coast Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament. 
 
The 2023 WCC Hall of Honor class includes BYU's Amy Boswell Usevitch (women's volleyball), Gonzaga's Stephanie Hawk Freeman (women's basketball), LMU's Sam Fischer (softball), Pacific's Cindy Ball Malone (softball), Pepperdine's Julie Evans Castillo (women's volleyball), Portland's Lorena Legarde (women's basketball), Saint Mary's Louella Tomlinson (women's basketball), San Diego's Sherri Stephens (women's tennis), San Francisco's Brittanie Andreja Budinger (women's volleyball) and Santa Clara's Danielle Slaton (women's soccer). 

The 2023 WCC Hall of Honor event returns after a two-year hiatus. The Conference did not host a Hall of Honor event in conjunction with the UCU WCC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournamentand or recognize a class of honorees in 2021 or 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For a full list of WCC Hall of Honor inductees click here. 
 
Stephanie Hawk Freeman, Gonzaga 
Stephanie Hawk Freeman helped jumpstart Gonzaga's current unprecedented run of success in women's basketball during her time in Spokane. Prior to her arrival, the Bulldogs had one WCC title and one NCAA/WNIT appearance to their name. When she departed, Gonzaga had advanced to a pair of WNITs (2004 first round, 2005 second round), earned a berth in the 2007 NCAA Tournament, won three consecutive WCC Championships (2005-07) and tied the school record with 28 victories in 2004-05. Over the course of her career, she was a 2007 Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American, the 2007 WCC Player of the Year, a two-time all-WCC first-team and all-academic team selection (2006-07), and a 2007 CoSIDA Academic All-District choice. Finishing with 1,231 points, she entered the 2022-23 campaign ranked 16th all-time in scoring in the Gonzaga record book.