The Mel Greenberg Media Award, named after

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame honors those who have contributed to the sport of women's basketball. The Hall of Fame opened in 1999 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. It is the only facility of its kind dedicated to all levels of women's bask ...

Legend Mel Greenberg, is presented annually by the

Women's Basketball Coaches Association The Women's Basketball Coaches Association is an association of coaches of women's basketball teams at all levels. The organization was formed in 1981, with the goal of addressing the needs of women's basketball coaches. The mission of the WBCA ...

(WBCA) to "a member of the media who has best displayed a commitment to women’s basketball and to advancing the role of the media in the women’s game".

Selection process

The inaugural award was given to Mel Greenberg in 1991 by the WBCA. Thereafter, future winners have been selected by the past recipients. Candidates for consideration must "have had a positive impact on the growth and national or regional exposure of the sport, been involved in the media exposure of women’s basketball for a minimum of five years and should be a media ambassador for the women’s game."

Presentation

The award is presented annually at the WBCA Award ceremony, held during the annual WBCA Convention, which is held each year in conjunction with the NCAA Women's Final Four.

Award winners

* 1991—

Mel Greenberg Mel Greenberg (born April 16, 1947) is an American sports journalist focusing on women's basketball. Since 1970, Greenberg has written for ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', where he predominantly covers college and professional women's basketball. ...

, ''

Philadelphia Inquirer ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper's circulation is the largest in both the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley metropolitan region of Southeastern Pennsy ...

'' * 1992—Debbie Becker, '' USA TODAY'' * 1993—Jane Burns, ''

Des Moines Register ''The Des Moines Register'' is the daily morning newspaper of Des Moines, Iowa. History Early period The first newspaper in Des Moines was the ''Iowa Star''. In July 1849, Barlow Granger began the paper in an abandoned log cabin by the junction ...

'' * 1994—Mimi Griffin, ''MSG Promotions/

ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...

'' * 1995—Mike Augustin, '' St. Paul Pioneer Press'' * 1996—Debby Jennings,

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, (or The University of Tennessee; UT Knoxville; UTK; or colloquially Tennessee or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1794, two years before T ...

* 1997—Mitch Parkinson,

Southern Illinois University Southern Illinois University is a system of public universities in the southern region of the U.S. state of Illinois. Its headquarters is in Carbondale, Illinois. Board of trustees The university is governed by the nine member SIU Board of Tr ...

* 1998— Mary Garber, ''

Winston-Salem Journal The ''Winston-Salem Journal'' is an American, English language daily newspaper primarily serving Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, North Carolina. It also covers Northwestern North Carolina. The paper is owned by ...

'' * 1999—

Ann Meyers Drysdale Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...

, ''

'' * 2000—Vic Dorr, ''

Richmond Times-Dispatch The ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' (''RTD'' or ''TD'' for short) is the primary daily newspaper in Richmond, Virginia, and the primary newspaper of record for the state of Virginia. Circulation The ''Times-Dispatch'' has the second-highest circulat ...

'' * 2001— Robin Roberts, ''

ABC News ABC News is the news division of the American broadcast network ABC. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast ''ABC World News Tonight, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir''; other programs include Breakfast television, morning ...

'' * 2002—Bob Kenney, '' Courier Post'' * 2003—Mechelle Voepel, ''

Kansas City Star ''The Kansas City Star'' is a newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri. Published since 1880, the paper is the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes. ''The Star'' is most notable for its influence on the career of President Harry S. Truman and as ...

'' * 2004—Tam Flarup, University of Wisconsin–Madison * 2005—Dave Loane,

University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the University ...

* 2006—Bill Jauss, ''

Chicago Tribune The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television ar ...

'' * 2007—Debbie Antonelli, ''

CSTV CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN) is an American pay television network owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global. When it launched in 2002 as the National College Sports Network (later College Sports Television also known as ...

'' * 2008—Dan Fleser, ''

Knoxville News-Sentinel The ''Knoxville News Sentinel, also known as Knox News,'' is a daily newspaper in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, owned by the Gannett Company. History The newspaper was formed in 1926 from the merger of two competing newspapers: ''The ...

'' * 2009—Chuck Schoffner, '' Associated Press'' * 2010—Dick Patrick, ''

USA Today ''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virgini ...

'' * 2011—Carol Stiff, ''

'' * 2012—Mike Carmin, '' Lafayette Journal & Courier'' * 2013—Vicki Friedman, Freelance Writer * 2014—Mary Jo Haverbeck (deceased), Penn State SID * 2015—Graham Hays ''

'' * 2016—

Brenda VanLengen Brenda VanLengen is the primary analyst for the Big 12 Conference women's basketball package on Fox Sports and Play-by-Play announcer for ESPN and the SEC Network Monday night games. She also acts as an analyst for BTN, FSN, Westwood One, and the ...

* 2017—Ken Neal, ''Fox Sports'' * 2018—Doug Feinberg, ''The Associate Press'' * 2019—Michelle Smith-McDonald * 2020—Maria M. Cornelius * 2021—

LaChina Robinson LaChina Robinson is a basketball analyst who calls college basketball games for ESPN, Fox Sports 1, and FS South. She is also the analyst for the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA and calls select WNBA games for ESPN and NBATV. Early life After a flirta ...

, ''ESPN''

References

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Selection process

Presentation

Award winners

See also

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