For the past 60 years, The Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame has honored and inducted over 780 incredible men and women who have made a lasting impact in Pennsylvania through extraordinary athletic achievement and contributions. Whether these activities have been achieved on or off the field, we honor them. Through our future virtual museum, we educate and celebrate their achievements for years to come.
The Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame’s 2025 Induction Ceremony and Dinner is Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 6:00 pm at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel.
Karen Hall
Living
Year Inducted:2025
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Dr. Hall was Team Captain and Team MVP of the 1983-84 season at Mt. Alvernia Girls basketball team. In 1983, she led her undefeated (34-0)
Mt. Alvernia team to teh PIAA Class A State Championships. In 1984, she was named WPIAL Class
A section All Star and National High School Grils basketball All American. That year she was also named the Pittsburgh Post Gazette “Finest Five” All Star. In 1982, 1983 and 1984 Dr. Hall was named AAU All-American.
Dr. Hall received a full scholarship in 1984 to play basketball at UNLV. Team Captaoin for the Lady Running Rebels for two years. She was a member of UNLV’s Woman’s Basketball team that won back to back PCAAC Championships.
In 1984, she was named to the second team All Big West Conference.
Dr. Hall accomplishments at UNLV included being ranked #1 in Career Steals with 300, ranked #2 in Career Free-Throw Percentage - 1000th (12-12), ranked in the Top 10 for Career Assists (375) and Back-to-Back Games with 10 steals.
Dr. Hall was the first woman to play and coach in the Connie Hawkins Summer basketball league.
Dr. Hall was inducted into the Pennsylvania Girls Basketball Hall of Fame and the Tick Cloherty
Western Chapter of the Pennsvylvania Sports Hall of Fame.
She and her Mt. Alvernia team were inducted into the WPIAL Hall of Fame in 2013.
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