Other than perhaps Jimmy Jackson, for a certain generation of fans (a generation that includes me), there is no more dominant and important Ohio State basketball player than Katie Smith, and last night the Buckeye, ABL, WNBA and Olympic legend was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.
Following her four years as a Buckeye from 1992-96, in 2001, Smith became the first female student athlete to have her number retired at Ohio State. Her 2,578 career points currently ranks third in school history.
However, her on-court dominance spanned far beyond OSU’s campus.