Anne Donovan
In 2009, Anne Donovan was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, a recognition that reflected a career spent both on the court and on the sideline at the highest levels of the sport.
Born on November 1, 1961, in Ridgewood, New Jersey, Donovan was a citizen of the United States who went on to work in women's basketball as both a player and a coach. She attended Paramus Catholic High School before going on to Old Dominion University. During her time as a collegiate athlete, she received the Honda Sports Award for Basketball, an honor recognizing outstanding achievement among collegiate women athletes.
Donovan's contributions to the sport were recognized across multiple institutions. In addition to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, she was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, acknowledging her impact at the international level. She also received the New Jersey Hall of Fame, connecting her honors back to the state where she was born and raised. Together, these recognitions spanned her work as both a player and a coach, and they came from organizations operating at the state, national, and global levels of the sport.
Donovan died on June 13, 2018. Her induction into the FIBA Hall of Fame stands as a marker of how far her career extended beyond domestic competition, placing her among a group of figures whose involvement in basketball was recognized on an international scale.
Quotes by Anne Donovan
Women play a finesse game: a real pattern game as opposed to flash and dash, power and strength.
My time at Seton Hall has been extremely rewarding. I commend the staff for their tireless and successful efforts in recruiting and elevating the program.
I have been with some great organizations, crossed paths with special people, and made numerous lasting relationships.
The contention is if you don't do it in the first quarter, if you don't box out and control the glass in the first quarter, you are not going to do it in the fourth quarter and overtime.
My parents thought I was crazy. When I graduated, you didn't hear of basketball players going to Japan. Everyone went to Europe somewhere.
It is very exciting to have the opportunity to return to the East Coast and join the Liberty family.
I think it's imperative to keep your focus on why you're in school. You're in school to get an education.
There's a beautiful thing about experience. There's a beautiful thing about veteran smarts, but there's also a beautiful thing about youth and the potential that creates down the road.