Mimi Griffin

Mimi Griffin

Class of 2014

  • Considered the first broadcast expert for women's basketball
  • Served as the "face" of women's basketball in its early television exposure, laying the groundwork for the sport on television
  • National Director of Promotion for Women's Athletics for Converse (1983-1985)
  • Primary women's basketball analyst for ESPN (1983-1999)
  • Color analyst for the NCAA Women's Final Four (1985-1991)
  • First woman to serve as a color analyst for an NCAA men's tournament game (1990)
  • First woman to broadcast the first two rounds of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament for CBS Sports (1991)
  • Championship Director of the U.S. Senior Open golf championship (1992, 2000)
  • WBCA Mel Greenberg Media Award winner (1994)
  • Director of Marketing and Championship Administration for the U.S. Open golf championship (1995, 1998)
  • Named one of the "Best 50 Women in Business" by the Pennsylvania Governor and the Department of Community and Economic Development (2009)
  • She received the Naismith Outstanding Contributor to Women's Basketball Award (2018)

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