$12M worth Dawn Staley reveals one Hall of Fame award that means the most to South Carolina HC

Dawn Staley, a women's basketball icon, was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012 as a player. On Thursday, on the "Not Gonna Lie" podcast with Kylie Kelce, Staley, who is worth $12 million (per Celebrity Net Worth), spoke about what her Naismith induction meant to her then.

"That was probably the only selfish award that I wanted," Staley said (Timestamp: 19:32). "Like, I didn’t really care about anything else. But the Naismith was near and dear to me because so many greats are in it.

"And I don't think it's political. Like, some of them are political, where, you know, you let this person in. You know, it’s a down year. Let this person in because they're popular, right? They're going to bring people in."

She won two Naismith Player of the Year awards in 1991 and 1992. She also won two ACC Player of the Year awards and was named the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player in 1991. Staley won three Olympic gold medals with the USA and two FIBA World Cup gold medals and a bronze medal.

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Dawn Staley was full of praise for Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark

Dawn Staley faced Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark during her collegiate career with the Iowa Hawkeyes. She has a keen eye for talent after coaching for so many years, and she was full of praise for the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year.

"I think she's quite incredible, quite an anomaly when it comes to how many eyeballs that she's bringing on the game, and new eyeballs," Staley said (Timestamp: 30:02). "And the newness of those eyeballs only want her to do well. Only want you to speak very highly of her. Only want you to agree with what they agree with.

"And that's kind of hard when we are critics to everyone that plays the game. We're critics to it. It's a part of ... the fabric of sports."

Clark is already one of the best players in the WNBA in her second season. She was the first rookie since Candace Parker in 2008, and the fifth in the league's history, to make the All-WNBA first team.