Anne Donovan

Anne Donovan was an American basketball center and coach, born on 1 November 1961 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and standing 6 feet 8 inches tall. She led Old Dominion University to the 1980 AIAW title, was the 1983 collegiate player of the year and still holds the women's collegiate career record for blocks. She won Olympic gold medals with the United States women's team in 1984 and 1988, and Pan American Games gold in 1983 and 1987. With few professional options at home she played in Japan and Italy from 1984 to 1989. She later coached in the WNBA with several teams and at Seton Hall University, and as a head coach led the United States to gold at the 2008 Olympics. She was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995 and died on 13 June 2018.