Question: What year was the Husky of Honor with a hometown in Merced , California inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ?

text: Huskies of Honor
Honorees -- Men 's basketball

Huskies of Honor is a recognition program sponsored by the University of Connecticut (UConn). Similar to a hall of fame, it honors the most significant figures in the history of the UConn Huskies - the university's athletic teams - especially the men's and women's basketball teams. The inaugural honorees, inducted in two separate ceremonies during the 2006-07 season, included thirteen men's basketball players, ten women's basketball players, and four head coaches, of whom two coaches - Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma - and two players - Ray Allen and Rebecca Lobo - are also enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Since that time, an additional nine women's basketball players, seven men's basketball players, five national championship teams, one women's basketball assistant coach, and one athletic director have been honored. Men's basketball has been played at the University of Connecticut since 1901, when the school was known as Connecticut Agricultural College. The Huskies first achieved success under Coach Hugh Greer, who over a sixteen-year period led the team to twelve Yankee Conference championships, seven National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Tournament berths, and one National Invitation Tournament appearance before dying suddenly during the 1962-63 college basketball season. It was not until Calhoun took over the university's basketball program in 1985, however, that UConn grew from a regional basketball power to a nationally prominent one. Under Calhoun, UConn won three national championships (1999, 2004, 2011), seven Big East Tournaments, and ten Big East[Note 1] regular season titles, while placing twenty-six former players into the National Basketball Association (NBA). Following Calhoun's retirement, new head coach Kevin Ollie would lead UConn to a fourth national championship win in 2014. Women's basketball was not a major sport at UConn until the arrival of Auriemma in 1985. Under his guidance UConn has enjoyed unprecedented success, winning 11 national titles, including six at the end of undefeated seasons and four consecutive championships from 2013-16. The Huskies also have the two longest winning streaks in NCAA Division I basketball history, at 111 games from 2014-17 and 90 games from 2008-10.
No Name Position Seasons Hometown Inducted
34 Ray Allen G 1993-96 Merced , California February 5 , 2007
44 Wes Bialosuknia G 1963-67 Poughkeepsie , New York February 5 , 2007
24 Scott Burrell G 1989-93 New Haven , Connecticut November 2 , 2018
0 3 Caron Butler F 2000-02 Racine , Wisconsin February 13 , 2016
22 Bill Corley F / C 1965-68 Williston Park , New York February 15 , 2012
0 3 Walt Dropo C 1942-47 Moosup , Connecticut February 5 , 2007
42 Khalid El-Amin G 1997-2000 Minneapolis , Minnesota February 23 , 2014
22 Rudy Gay F 2004-06 Baltimore , Maryland February 25 , 2012
32 Richard Hamilton G / F 1996-99 Coatesville , Pennsylvania February 5 , 2007
42 Tony Hanson G 1973-77 Waterbury , Connecticut February 5 , 2007
42 Toby Kimball F / C 1961-65 Framingham , Massachusetts February 5 , 2007
42 Donyell Marshall F 1991-94 Reading , Pennsylvania February 5 , 2007
13 Shabazz Napier G 2010-14 Roxbury , Massachusetts April 8 , 2014
50 Emeka Okafor C 2001-04 Houston , Texas February 5 , 2007
13 Worthy Patterson F 1951-54 Greenwich , Connecticut February 15 , 2012
25 Art Quimby C 1951-55 New London , Connecticut February 5 , 2007
00 Clifford Robinson F / C 1985-89 Buffalo , New York February 5 , 2007
13 Chris Smith G 1988-92 Bridgeport , Connecticut February 5 , 2007
52 Corny Thompson F 1978-82 Middletown , Connecticut February 5 , 2007
15 Kemba Walker G 2008-11 Bronx , New York April 5 , 2011