UConn's Sue Bird is one of four former WNBA players to be inducted into the Hall as part of the Class of 2025.

Sue Bird credited UConn coaches, including Geno Auriemma, for shaping her character, career at her Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame induction. “The UConn coaching staff that’s there now is actually the same one from when I was there back then,

Sue Bird said she knew the interest in the sport was there, despite the naysayers, as the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inducted its 2025 class.