ATLANTA (AP) - Pat Summitt is the recipient of the
2013 Naismith Outstanding Contributor to Women's College Basketball
Award, an honor given annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
The award goes each year to an individual who made
contributions of outstanding significance and created a long-lasting
positive impact on women's college basketball. Anyone eligible for
consideration must have been involved with the sport in a capacity
related to coaching, broadcasting, college administration or the media.
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Summitt stepped down as Tennessee's coach in April
after announcing last year that she had early onset dementia, though she
remains on staff as head coach emeritus.
Summitt led Tennessee to eight national titles in
her 38-year tenure. Her 1,098-208 career record makes her the winningest
Division I men's or women's college basketball coach in history.
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