CLEMSON — Clemson women's basketball star Barbara Kennedy-Dixon was elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame 2026 class as a posthumous veteran honoree on Oct. 30.

Kennedy-Dixon played for Clemson from 1978-82 and scored 3,113 career points, which rank seventh all-time in women's college basketball. She holds the Clemson and ACC career records in scoring, rebounds (1,252), field goals (1,349) and field goal attempts (2,688).

She was a two-time All-American and is one of eight players with at least 3,000 points and 1,000 rebounds since the NCAA started sponsoring women’s sports in 1981-82. Kennedy-Dixon was the first woman to be inducted into the Clemson Ring of Honor in 2000.

She died from cancer at age 58 on July 23, 2018.

Kennedy-Dixon is one of eight members elected to

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