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Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame to Induct Wiseman

bettywiseman1.JPGBetty Wiseman, former long-time coach of the Belmont University women's basketball team, will be inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame at its Induction Banquet and Dinner Feb. 27, 2004, in Nashville, along with ten other inductees. Wiseman established the Belmont women's basketball team program in 1968, one of the first collegiate women's basketball programs in Tennessee.

"This year's program is very special and diverse," said Kyle Rote, Jr., president of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, in a news release. "For example, we’ll be honoring an NFL great, a women’s basketball pioneer, a world class racquetball champion and a legendary college coach."

Over 16 seasons as head women's basketball coach she compiled a record of 248 wins and 152 losses, and lead Belmont to four consecutive berths in the National Women's Invitational Tournament from 1973-1977. She was inducted into the Belmont Athletics Hall of Fame in 1981.

In 1999, Wiseman was given the Josten-Berenson Service Award by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association to recognize her lifelong commitment to women's basketball.

Now the senior women's administrator for Belmont athletics, Wiseman advises the athletic department on the status of women's sports and conducts administrative tasks in relation to women's sports. She also leads service opportunities for student-athletes, including a yearly foreign mission trip, and serves as advisor to Belmont's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Wiseman also serves as the head of the Department of Health and Human Performance, was named the Chaney Distinguished Professor in 1992, and was the first recipient of the Presidential Faculty Achievement Award in 1997. She was named the Tennessee Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance "Health Educator of the Year" in 2000.

A member of the Belmont faculty since 1966, Wiseman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical
Education from Belmont and a Master of Arts degree from George Peabody College for Teachers at Vanderbilt University.

The Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame operates a museum located inside the Gaylord Entertainment Center arena in downtown Nashville.

For information on the rest of the 2004 inductees, see the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame news release.

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