WVU Sports Hall of Fame
Donna Abbott
Inducted: 2022
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Scored 1,656 points during her career as a forward, ranking fifth all-time in school history ... averaged 15.3 points per game during her career ... that average is sixth-best in school annals ... appeared in 108 games with 103 starts ... one of only three players in school history to score 1,000 points and record 1,000 rebounds (1,020 rebounds) ... played on WVU's first two NCAA tournament teams (1989 and 1992) ... member of two 20-win seasons, including the 26-4 squad that advanced to the NAA Tournament Sweet 16 in 1992 ... that 26-win squad won the Atlantic 10 regular season title and posted a school-record 22 straight wins ... career-best 37 points vs. St. Joe's in 1989, at the time the school record for points in a game ... career-best 20 rebounds vs. Rode Island in 1992 ... scored 502 points in 1990 as a sophomore ... produced 25 20-point games, tied for fifth-most in school history ... 52 career double-doubles in points and rebounds, second-most in school history ... season-high 296 rebounds in 1991 ... West Virginia was 86-34 (.717) during her four-year career.
Awards/Honors: 1992 all-Atlantic 10 first team ... 1991 all-Atlantic 10 second team ... 1990 all-Atlantic 10 second team ... 1989 all-Atlantic 10 freshman team.
Personal: resides in Maidesville, Ohio where she works as a manager at Target (Updated 10/1/07)
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