UConn Schedules 'Lobo Night' to Honor Husky Legend

STORRS, CT – Two-time All-American, 1995 National Player of the Year and new Hall of Famer Rebecca Lobo will be honored in a pregame ceremony prior to the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team’s 2017-18 home opener against No. 20 California on Friday at Gampel Pavilion, team officials said on Tuesday.

The "Lobo Night" ceremony is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

On Sept. 8, Lobo became the first UConn women’s basketball alum to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and a banner commemorating that moment will be unveiled during pregame festivities on Friday.

The banner will be on display next to head coach Geno Auriemma’s Hall of Fame banner in the south end of Gampel Pavilion, team officials said. Auriemma was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006.

Fans will have the opportunity to pick up a commemorative poster of Lobo’s new banner at all three entrances to Gampel Pavilion, team officials said. Posters will be distributed on a first-come first-served basis, team officials said.

Fans will be able to stop by section 221 to write a message on a special banner that will be given to Lobo after the game. The banner will be available for signing from 5:30-6:40 p.m., team officials said.

The 1996 national championship trophy will be on display before the game, team officials said.

A two-time Kodak First Team All-American, Lobo helped Team USA win gold in the 1996 Olympic Games and was the unanimous choice for National Player of the Year following the 1994-95 season. She was a two-time GTE/CoSida Academic All-American and a two-time Big East Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

She was inducted into the CoSida Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 2008 and has served on the University of Connecticut’s Board of Trustees since 2004.

Lobo, currently serves as a commentator for ESPN’s women’s basketball programming.

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