Anne Theresa Donovan was an American women's basketball player and coach.
35 Facts About Anne Donovan
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Anne Donovan was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995, and became a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2015.
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Anne Donovan was inducted in the inaugural class at the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Anne Donovan is the only person to have both played for a national women's college title and coached a team to a professional title.
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Anne Donovan then went back to college to Seton Hall for two seasons before resigning to take the Connecticut Sun head coaching job for two seasons.
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Anne Donovan was the coach of the Olympic gold medal-winning 2008 United States Women's Basketball team.
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Anne Donovan attended Paramus Catholic High School in Paramus, New Jersey.
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Anne Donovan averaged 25 points per game and 17 rebounds her senior year.
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In 1979, Anne Donovan received offers from more than 250 schools, including a recruiting pitch from Penn State's Joe Paterno.
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Anne Donovan was the first female Naismith College Player of the Year in 1983.
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Anne Donovan won the 1983 Honda Sports Award and WBCA Player of the Year award for basketball.
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Anne Donovan's 50 points in a single game against Norfolk State on December 11,1980, is a school record, while her 801 career blocked shots is best in NCAA history.
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Anne Donovan had ten blocks and seventeen rebounds in their win over Tennessee.
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Anne Donovan then led the Charlotte Sting to the WNBA Finals in 2001, losing to the Los Angeles Sparks.
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Anne Donovan was inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995, and as part of the inaugural class of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999.
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In 2003, Anne Donovan was hired as the second head coach of the Seattle Storm, inheriting a team with two number one draft picks from 2001 and 2002, the Australian Lauren Jackson and University of Connecticut star Sue Bird.
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At season's end, Anne Donovan's contract was extended to keep her in Seattle for several years.
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On November 30,2007, Anne Donovan resigned from her position of head coach of the Seattle Storm.
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Anne Donovan assumed the position of interim head coach of the Liberty on July 31,2009, replacing former head coach Pat Coyle.
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Anne Donovan resigned the coaching job at Seton Hall in January 2013 and accepted a position with the WNBA's Connecticut Sun, where she spent three seasons until she resigned as head coach on October 1,2015.
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Anne Donovan was named to the team representing the US at the inaugural William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Anne Donovan had qualified for the 1980 US Olympic team but did not compete due to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Anne Donovan did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the athletes.
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Anne Donovan was a member of the USA National team at the 1983 World Championships, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Anne Donovan played on the 1983 team, winning the gold in Venezuela, and on the 1987 team winning the gold in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Anne Donovan averaged 8.2 points per game and tied for the team lead with eight blocks.
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Anne Donovan was selected to represent the US at the inaugural Goodwill games, held in Moscow in July 1986.
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Anne Donovan continued to represent the US with National team at the 1986 World Championship, held in Moscow, a month after the Goodwill games in Moscow.
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Anne Donovan was one of five double-digit scorers in the game with 16 points.
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In 1998, Anne Donovan was named an assistant coach of the USA National Team, under head coach Nell Fortner.
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Anne Donovan continued as assistant coach to the National team in the 2002 World Championships, held during September in three cities in China, including Nanjing, China.
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In 2004, Anne Donovan was named the assistant coach of the National team representing the US at the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
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Anne Donovan took over the head coaching duties for the USA National team in 2006, but that was far from the only change on the team.
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Anne Donovan continued as head coach for the 2008 Olympic Games.
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Anne Donovan died on June 13,2018, of heart failure in Wilmington, North Carolina.