Eleven new members are set to join basketball's hallowed halls. The Class of 2015, which includes Dikembe Mutombo, John Calipari and Lisa Leslie, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Sept. 11 in Springfield, Mass.
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Dikembe Mutombo
Elected as player
Eight-time All-Star, four-time defensive player of the year
3,289 blocks (second in history) in 18 NBA seasons
John Calipari
Elected as coach
593-174 (.773) in college, 72-112 (.391) in NBA
NCAA champion with Kentucky
Three-time Naismith college coach of the year
Lisa Leslie
Elected as player
Three-time WNBA MVP, two-time champion
Eight-time All-Star and eight-time All-WNBA first team
Dick Bavetta
Elected as referee
NBA official for 39 years
First NBA official to referee Olympics (1992)
Jo Jo White
Elected as player
Seven-time NBA All-Star, two-time NBA champion
NBA Finals MVP in 1976
Tom Heinsohn
Elected as coach
Two-time NBA champion with Celtics as coach
NBA's coach of the year in 1973
Elected to Hall of Fame as a player in 1986
Spencer Haywood
Elected as player
Four-time NBA All-Star, one-time ABA All-Star
NBA champion (1980), ABA MVP (1970)
Leading scorer on 1968 U.S. gold-medal Olympic team
Louis Dampier
Elected as player
First in the ABA in career games, minutes, points and assists
Seven-time ABA All-Star, one-time champion
George Raveling
Elected as contributor
Director of international basketball for Nike
Former head coach at Washington State, Iowa, USC
Inducted into college Hall of Fame in 2013
Lindsay Gaze
Elected as coach
Represented Australia in seven Olympics
Member of FIBA Hall of Fame
John Isaacs
Elected as player
Led New York Renaissance to first-ever World Professional Basketball Tournament championship in 1939
