The long-awaited statue of South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley was unveiled Wednesday afternoon near downtown Columbia. The statue, which is 14 feet tall, made of bronze and weighs nearly 2,000 pounds, depicts a smiling Staley on a ladder holding a basketball net, as if she’d just cut it down after winning a national championship.

South Carolina women's basketball head coach Dawn Staley has been honored for her accomplishments with a statue.

Staley has led the program to three titles in four appearances, which is even more impressive considering that the program had only escaped the second round of the NCAA Tournament