MADISON, Wis. — Kirk Penney is set to have his name enshrined among some of the game's greatest as a member of the 2024 FIBA Hall of Fame Class, as announced by FIBA.

Members of the 2024 Class, which features seven players and one coach, will be honored for their outstanding contributions to the sport of basketball at an enshrinement ceremony in September set to be held in Singapore.

Players
• Miao Lijie (China)
• Reggie Miller (USA)
• Danira Nakic-Bilic (Croatia)
• Kirk Penney (New Zealand)
• Romain Sato (Central African Republic)
• Skaidrite Smildzina-Budovska (Latvia)
• Peja Stojakovic (Serbia)

Coaches
• Daniel Lowell Peterson (USA)

"Being selected to the FIBA Hall of Fame is an incredible honor for me," Penney said. "More than anything, it is a testament to all the hard work done by a great group of people over 15 years. Traveling across the globe together representing New Zealand and battling the best. It was always the honor of a lifetime, so this Hall of Fame induction is uniquely special.

"Playing for Wisconsin prepared me so well for my professional and national team career. While playing for the Badgers, I was able to compete in an Olympics and an amazing World Cup run to the semifinals. It set a great foundation for me, so being back here with the program and working with the next generation of players has been a neat full-circle moment."

An All-Big Ten standout as a player at Wisconsin, Penney has since returned to the Badger bench in a coaching role as special assistant to the head coach.

Penney is being honored for serving New Zealand with distinction at two Olympic Games and four FIBA Basketball World Cups. He is the second Kiwi to be inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, following coach Pero Cameron who received the honor in 2017.
 
Penney became the second New Zealand native to play in the NBA, appearing with the Miami Heat in 2003 and Los Angeles Clippers in 2005. He also had professional experience playing in Spain, Israel, Lithuania, Germany, Turkey and Australia.
 
As a player at Wisconsin, Penney won a pair of Big Ten titles with the Badgers and was part of a Final Four run. An honorable mention AP All-American as a senior in 2003, Penney became the first Badger to earn consecutive first-team All-Big Ten honors (2002-03) since Ab Nicholas in 1951-52.

About the FIBA Hall of Fame
The FIBA Hall of Fame is a shrine dedicated to the amazing people who have built the foundations of the global sport of basketball since its birth, right up until its accomplished glory of the modern day. It strives to be a genuinely international institution, active in the promotion and remembrance of basketball all over the world, housing the great men and women who were proactive and outstanding in the improvement and development of our sport. Created in 2007, it has already seen the induction of  184 outstanding Hall of Famers from 45 countries and all five continents to date. Its home is the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland.

About FIBA
FIBA (fiba.basketball) - the world governing body for basketball - is an independent association formed by 212 National Basketball Federations throughout the world. It is recognized as the sole competent authority in basketball by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).