Sam Richmond | NCAA.com | June 28, 2016 Tennessee women's basketball: Candace Parker posts recruitment letter from Pat Summitt Share The women's college basketball world lost a true icon on Tuesday. Former Tennessee coach and eight-time champion Pat Summit passed away at the age of 64. Summitt's legacy, though, will live on. She was one of the most well-respected figures in sports and helped propel her players to greatness during her coaching career. Among those players was Candace Parker, former Lady Vols legend (2005-2008), current WNBA star and one of the most-decorated players in women's basketball history. Parker won Naismith College Player of the Year honors in 2008 and is a two-time WNBA MVP for the Los Angeles Sparks. After the news of Summitt's passing spread, Parker posted an incredible letter from Summitt to her during her recruitment to Tennessee. You held true to your promises...and some. Thank you Coach for always being the perfect role model I love you. #RIP pic.twitter.com/HvA1mODwfP — Candace Parker (@Candace_Parker) June 28, 2016 Summitt certainly is a gold standard for how to treat people, and Parker's note is the latest example of that. 2021 NCAA DI baseball championship bracket revealed The field of 64 teams competing for the 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship was announced today by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. READ MORE College softball rankings: Oklahoma holds No. 1 ranking in USA Today/NFCA poll, Arkansas climbs Oklahoma kept its hold on No. 1 and the top five remained the same in this week’s 2021 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. READ MORE 7 schools with the most women's basketball national championships UConn has more DI women's college basketball titles than any other program. Here's a look at the seven women’s basketball teams that have won two or more national championships. READ MORE