Val Ackerman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Val Ackerman
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 7, 1959(1959-11-07)
Age	65
Birthplace	Pennington
Country	United States
Horoscope	Capricorn

Val Ackerman Biography

Val Ackerman is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on November 7, 1959 in Pennington, United States. Ackerman was born in 1959 in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, but grew up in Pennington, New Jersey, United States. She is Jewish. Her grandfather was director of athletics for Trenton State College, and her father was director of athletics at Ackerman’s own high school.

Ackerman played professional basketball in France for one season. In 1988, she was hired as a staff attorney for the National Basketball Association and later served as special assistant to NBA Commissioner David Stern, before being promoted to vice-president of business affairs, prior to her appointment to head the WNBA in 1996.

On August 7, 1996, Ackerman was named president of the WNBA. Over the course of her historic eight-year term, Ackerman would become the first woman ever to successfully launch and operate a women’s team sports league. On February 1, 2005 she stepped down, and Donna Orender was named as her successor; Laurel Richie succeeded Orender in 2011. In April 2005, Ackerman was named to Sports Business Journal’s list of “the 20 Most Influential Women in Sports Business.”

Ackerman’s other honors have included the Brandweek Co-Marketer of the Year Award in 1997, which she shared with Rick Welts, then President of NBA Properties; the New Jersey Sportswriters Association Executive of the Year Award in 1998; the March of Dimes Sports Achievement Award in 1997; induction into the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1999; and the National Mother’s Day Committee’s Outstanding Mother Award in 2002. She was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011. Ackerman has also been inducted into the International Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame; received the National Women of Distinction Award from Girl Scouts of the USA; and was granted a Women And Sport Achievement Diploma by the International Olympic Committee.

Ackerman graduated from the University of Virginia in 1981, where she was among the school’s first female students to receive an athletic scholarship. She was a starter all four years, captain three years, and twice named Academic All-American for the women’s basketball team; she was the school’s first basketball player to score 1,000 points. She earned her B.A. in Political and Social Thought. In 1997, Ackerman received U. Va.’s Distinguished Alumna Award from the University’s Women’s Center. In 2003, she was named a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s 50th Anniversary Women’s Basketball Team. Ackerman also earned a law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and worked for two years as a corporate and banking associate at the New York City law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

Val Ackerman Net Worth

Val Ackerman is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Val Ackerman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Valerie B. Ackerman (born November 7, 1959 in Lakewood Township, New Jersey) is an American sports executive, former lawyer, and former basketball player. She is the current commissioner of the Big East Conference. She is best known for being the first president of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), serving from 1996 to 2005. Ackerman was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

Ackerman graduated in 1977 from Hopewell Valley Central High School in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. Ackerman’s 1466 points set the school’s varsity basketball career record for points scored by any basketball player, male or female, and she set the school’s career scoring record as a halfback in field hockey, topped off by graduating second in her class. In addition to basketball and field hockey, Ackerman also ran on her school’s track team. She was inducted into the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1997.

In 1989, Ackerman was one of the NBA’s first appointees to the Board of Directors of USA Basketball — the organization responsible for the selection and training of the teams that represent the United States in international tournaments, including both the World Cup and the Olympics. In that capacity, she acted as a liaison between the NBA and USA Basketball regarding the 1992 Olympics, 1994 World Championships and 1996 Olympics. From 1995 to 1996, she was a driving force behind the creation of the USA Basketball Women’s National Team program that culminated with a 60-0 record and the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

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Who is Val Ackerman Dating?

According to our records, Val Ackerman married to Charles Rappaport. As of December 1, 2023, Val Ackerman’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2010, she was named an inductee of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2011. In 2011, she was named a Champion in Sports Business by Sports Business Journal. The Women’s Sports Foundation named Ackerman one of its “40 for 40” honorees as part of its celebration of the 40th anniversary of Title IX in 2012. On June 26, 2013, she was named as the commissioner of the Big East Conference, which split from the American Athletic Conference that year. Also in 2013, Ackerman received USA Basketball’s Edward S. Steitz Award.

Facts & Trivia

Val Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Val Ackerman celebrates birthday on November 7 of every year.

Is Val Ackerman married?

Val Ackerman
Spouse(s)| Charles Rappaport
Children| 2
Education| University of Virginia (BA) UCLA (JD)
Occupation| Sports Executive

How old is Val Ackerman?

62 years (November 7, 1959)

What did the Big East become?

On July 1, 2013, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and Notre Dame joined the ACC. DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall, and Villanova joined the new Big East. Cincinnati, Connecticut, South Florida, and Temple remained in the old Big East, which changed its name to the American Athletic Conference.

Who is the Big East commissioner?

Val Ackerman

Who is the commissioner of the WNBA?

Cathy Engelbert