Athletic Hall of Fame

Tavelyn B. James

Sport(s): Basketball

Graduating Class: 2012

Induction Class: 2024

Four-year letter winner for the EMU Women’s Basketball Team from 2008-12; Named to the Mid-American Conference Freshman Team in 2008-09; Recognized three-times as First Team All-MAC; Earned MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week twice and received All-MAC Academic Team honors in 2009-10; Selected eight times as MAC Player of the Week during her EMU career; Led the team to the 2012 MAC Championship as a senior; Earned MAC All-Tournament Team honors twice (2010-11 and 2011-12); Named MAC Tournament MVP and selected as the MAC Player of the Year in 2011-12; Named Associated Press All-American Honorable Mention and received WBCA All-American Honorable Mention and was selected as an All-Region Nominee (2011-12); Recipient of the 2012 Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, presented annually by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the nation’s outstanding female collegian 5’8” and under who has excelled both athletically and academically; Became the first EMU and MAC student-athlete to represent the USA women’s basketball team in the 2011 Pan American Games, held in Guadalajara, Mexico; Finished her career with 463 free throws, 863 field goals, 291 three-point baskets, and an EMU all-time record among both men’s and women’s basketball programs, 2,470 points; Holds many top-ten MAC and EMU individual and career records in the offensive categories; Played professionally for five seasons representing the WNBA, Israel, Slovenia, France, Sweden, and Iceland; Named to the 2023 inaugural class of the George Gervin GameAbove Center Arena Ring of Honor.

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