Bird is the eighth member of UConn women’s basketball to be inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, joining Maya Moore (Class of 2024), Swin Cash (2021), Dailey (2018), Kara Wolters (2017), Jennifer Rizzotti (2013), Rebecca Lobo (2010), and Auriemma (2006).

Sue Bird said she knew the interest in the sport was there, despite the naysayers, as the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inducted its 2025 class.

Sue Bird credited UConn coaches, including Geno Auriemma, for shaping her character, career at her Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame induction. “The UConn coaching staff that’s there now is actually the same one from when I was there back then,