Former Tennessee women’s basketball player Tamika Catchings received the Silver Anniversary Award Wednesday at the NCAA Honors Awards Presentation at the NCAA Convention in Washington, D.C.
The 2026 NCAA Honors celebrated current and former student-athletes, coaches and administrators whose achievements exemplify the spirit and values of college athletics.
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Catchings is the third athlete or coach with Lady Vols’ basketball ties to earn the Silver Anniversary Award, joining Michelle Marciniak (2021) and Pat Summitt (1999).
Catchings is one of six Tennessee players to have their jersey numbers retired. She is one of two former Lady Vols to earn All-America honors from the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association four times (1998-2001).
Catchings was a four-time All-SEC performer. She was named Associated Press, Naismith, USBWA and WCBA National Player of the Year in 2000. Additionally, Catchings was the 2001 ESPY Women’s Basketball Player of the Year.
She was chosen for the 1998 and 2000 NCAA Tournament All-Final Four Teams and the 2000 NCAA Regional Tournament Most Outstanding Player. The former Lady Vol was a member of the NCAA Tournament All-Regional Team in 1998 and 2000.
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In 1998, Catchings was the SEC and USBWA Freshman of the Year. She is the No. 4 scorer in program history (2,113 points) and one of two Lady Vols to record more than 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.
Catchings played professionally for the Indiana Fever from 2001-16 after being selected third overall in the 2000 WNBA draft. She was the league’s MVP in 2011. Catchings, a 10-time WNBA All-Star, was the WNBA Finals MVP in 2012. She earned WNBA Defensive Player of the Year five times (2005-06, 2009-10, 2012).
Internationally, she was a four-time Olympic gold medalist and is the only Lady Vols’ basketball player to appear in more than two Olympic Games.
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