Frank Lombardo, who recently completed his 25th season at Holy Cross High School in Waterbury, is one of the most successful girls' basketball coaches in Connecticut history, earning his 500th career victory on Jan. 3, 2018. Even Frank didn't realize the amount of success he would claim with the Crusaders. Under Frank, Holy Cross has won 12 Naugatuck Valley League championships and 12 NVL tournament titles.

It was on the second day of tryouts her freshman season at Pomperaug [Southbury, CT] High School that Katie Cizynski was informed she would be practicing with the varsity team from now on. Katie didn't disappoint, proving she deserved every bit of the early promotion. A 2010 graduate of Pomperaug, Katie left with 1,690 points, more than any other boys' or girls' basketball player in Panthers history, breaking the all-time mark of 1,377 held since 1980 by Dave Grant.

Joan’s 1975 New Britain High Hurricanes girls' basketball team finished the regular season 16-1 and she lists the moment they received their ranking for just the second Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Association-sponsored state tournament as a career highlight. "This team represented the best of basketball," Joan said, "with their dedication and love of the game and all are today outstanding citizens that I am very proud of."

The significance of her career as a member of the Lyman Hall High School girls' basketball team has earned Joyce Rivers induction into the Lyman Hall, New Haven Tap Off Club and Connecticut Women's Basketball halls of fame. Her senior year alone, Joyce earned Adidas All-America and Parade All-America honors, while averaging 22.3 points, 14 rebounds and four assists per game as a forward for the Trojans, graduating in 1978 with 1,145 points, more than any other girl or boy in the history of the school. But Joyce also likes to joke that her career, while finishing with a flourish, got off to somewhat of an inauspicious start.

In 1988, Dan Mara attended the initial Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall of Fame induction and watched as a number of the state's greats of the game were honored. A Connecticut native, Dan recalls being in awe. "I thought about their great careers and how far I had to go in mine to reach that status," he said. "I know I never accomplished the things that the legends of our game did. But it is the greatest honor of my career to join the ranks of those who have made our state a leader in women's basketball."

During the 2011 Little East Conference tournament, Melissa Teel broke the Western Connecticut State University single-game scoring record two nights in a row. Scoring 38 points in a semifinal win over Rhode Island College, Melissa followed with 39 the next night, along with 13 rebounds and seven blocked shots, leading the Colonials to the tournament championship over Eastern Connecticut State.

One of the best players in program history, Torrington High School’s Sarah Royals, was a three time Connecticut High School Coaches Association all-state pick, and still holds the career record with 1,606 points.  As a senior, in 2011, she led the Red Raiders to the semifinal round of the Class L state tournament and caught the eyes of the University of Albany head coach.  Her successful recruitment to Albany was followed by four straight America East Conference championships for the Great Danes, and four consecutive trips to the NCAA tournament.

Her parents once forgot to sign her up for basketball at the local community center, and as the story goes, Heather Buck was very upset.  Little did they imagine, at that moment, that there would be many more chapters in Heather’s basketball story.  Buck recalls that from then on, she just always looked forward to whatever came next in the sport.