GREAT CINCINNATI BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

CINCINNATI, Ohio - Jerry Scheve, who coached the Wilmington College women's basketball program for three decades (1990-2020), is set to be inducted into the Greater Cincinnati Basketball Hall of Fame in a ceremony scheduled for May 11. 

Scheve, who was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014, guided Wilmington to 518 career victories in his three decades leading the program and departs as one of the winningest coaches in NCAA Division III history as well as coll in the state of Ohio. He is one of just over 30 NCAA Division III coaches to have crossed the 500-victory plateau. A member of the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame, Scheve led the Quakers to the 2004 national championship, the school's only team national title to date. For his efforts, Scheve was named National Coach of the Year.

Eleven of Scheve's teams won 20 or more games with six of those qualifying for the NCAA Division III Tournament. He guided Wilmington through the Association of Mideast Colleges (AMC), the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) and the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) as well as being an independent institution for two years from 1996-98. In what's a testament to Scheve's longevity of success, the Quakers earned conference titles in each of those leagues including four in the OAC.

Scheve has coached 19 All-Americans including Tara Rausch, who was named Third Team All-Decade by D3Hoops.com. His teams also excelled in the classroom having frequently appeared on the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Honor Roll. Additionally, Megan Woodruff twice earned Academic All-American honors as well as garnering the prestigious Academic All-American of the Year Award in 2003.

Alongside his coaching duties, Scheve was associate professor of accounting at the College, a position he held since 1977.