Hallman noted a message after practice from Cheryl Coward, an editor from Hoopfeed.com, a website based in California and dedicated to women's basketball.
"The message told me I would be getting a call at home after practice," Hallman said. "I've written some articles for Cheryl and I assumed she wanted to discuss another one."
The call from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association informed Hallman that he was in its five-person 2022 Hall of Fame class that will be honored at the men's and women's Final Fours at the start of April.
"I wasn't expecting to be part of that," Hallman said Friday. "I didn't know I was nominated. I think Cheryl had quite a bit to do with it. She sees me as someone who was doing his best to feature women's basketball players long before most reporters."
Hallman is originally from Detroit and went to Michigan State. It was there in the late '70s that he became aware of an attention vacuum for women athletes.
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