Mel Greenberg

• Was a staff writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer for 37 years, retiring in 2010
• Was best known for national and local coverage of women's basketball at the collegiate and professional levels
• Covered every national final dating back to the era of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW)
• Created the first weekly national collegiate women's basketball poll (1976); two years later, it began nationwide distribution as the Associated Press women's rankings
• Received the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's first media award (1991); the award was later renamed the "Mel Greenberg Award," given annually to a media member who helps foster the growth of women's basketball
• Received the Big East's Media Award (2004)
• Received the Jake Wade Award, given by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) to a media member who has made a major impact on collegiate athletics (2005)
• Received the ECAC-SIDA media award (2006)
• Was the first writer inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
• Covered the WNBA extensively every summer since the league's founding (1997), as well as the American Basketball League during its brief existence (1996-1998)
• His poll, which he continued tracking on his "Womhoops Guru" blog after retiring, marked its 50th anniversary in the 2025-26 season