Nera White

  • Vanderbilt University

    Obituary: Nera D. White, ’58: First Superstar of Women’s Basketball

    Peabody College alumna Nera White powered the first national women’s basketball dynasty and became the game’s first female superstar—a dominance that led her into the Basketball Hall of Fame as one of the first two women to be enshrined there. She died April 13 in Gallatin, Tennessee, from complications of pneumonia at the age of 80. Read More

    Aug 12, 2016