2011-12 DU Season Highlights - University of Denver Athletics

ASSISTANT COACH
abby WANER
Assistant Coach • First Season
Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Duke (2009)
Abby Waner joins the Pioneer family
after spending the last four years
as an analyst for both ESPN and
The Mountain Network. Waner also
continued to remain active in the sport
of basketball by coaching the Colorado
Hoopsters and coordinating the Abby
Waner Girls Basketball Camp and Nike
Skills Academy.
Before venturing into the fi eld of
communications, Waner was a standout
women’s basketball player at Duke
University, where she was a two-time
preseason National Player of the Year
candidate (2008, 2009), honorable
mention All-American (2008) and threetime
All-ACC selection (2007-09).
THE WANER FILE
Coaching Experience
2012-Present - University of Denver, Assistant Coach
Playing Experience (Professional/Collegiate)
2004-07: USA Basketball
Gold Medal - 2005 FIBA U19 World Championships
Gold Medal - 2005 International Sports Invitational
Gold Medal - 2004 FIBA Americas U18 Championships
Gold Medal - 2004 USA Youth Development Festival
2009: New York Liberty (WNBA)
Drafted 21st overall (2009)
2005-09: Duke University
NCAA runners-up (2006)
National Player of the Year Candidate (2008, 2009)
All-American honorable mention (2008)
All-Atlantic Coast Conference (2007, 2008, 2009)
Left as Duke’s all-time leader in three-pointers made
All-ACC Academic Team (2007, 2008, 2009)
CoSIDA Academic All-District III (2007, 2008)
Education
Duke University – Bachelor’s in English, 2009
Personal
Born: October 31, 1986
Hometown: Englewood, Colo.
Waner also graduated from Duke as the
school’s all-time leader in three-point
fi eld goals made, as well as a member
of the 2006 Duke Final Four team.
Among numerous other achievements,
Waner also earned three gold medals
with USA Basketball and was selected
21st overall by the New York Liberty in
the 2009 WNBA Draft.
The Highlands Ranch, Colo., native
returns to her home state to coach
after earning the National High School
Coaches Association’s National Player of
the Year award in 2005, as well as being
named Colorado Gatorade Player of the
Year and a McDonald’s All-American.
Waner led Thunder Ridge High School
to three Colorado State titles, while
being named Miss Colorado
Basketball twice during her high
school career (2004, 2005). Waner
was also regarded as the Colorado
Sportswoman of the Year in 2006.
Away from the court, Waner was
also a standout in the classroom.
She graduated from Duke
University with a Bachelor of Arts
degree in English in 2009, and was
a three-time All-ACC Academic
Team selection (2007-09). Waner
was also named to ESPN The
Magazine’s Academic All-District III
Team in 2007 and 2008.
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