Scott Donie
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| Full name | Scott Richard Donie | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 10, 1968 (age 55) Vicenza, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Kaili | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| College team | Southern Methodist University | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Morningside Divers, NY Woodlands Diving Team | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | T. Faulkenberry (Woodlands) Jim Stillson (SMU) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Scott Richard Donie (born October 10, 1968, in Vicenza, Italy) was a former American diver for Southern Methodist University who earned the silver medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics on the 10 m platform, and placed 4th in the 3 m springboard at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He became an accomplished diving coach for New York University and then Columbia University.[1]
He was born in Vicenza, Italy, on October 10, 1968, while his father served with the U.S. Army, and dove on a local summer swim team once his family moved to New Jersey. Donie was fortunate to be mentored by Coach Jim Stillson at New York's Columbia University on his age group team, the Morningside Divers. When Donie's family made the move to Texas, at 12, Scott began diving with Terry Faulkenberry's Woodlands Diving Team who greatly improved his diving and his diving ambitions. Scott was selected for the National American High School Team all four years and was a national champion twice.[1]
Diving for SMU
[edit]He is a six-time age Group National Diving Champion and a two-time National Senior Champion. He received a bachelor's degree from Dallas's Southern Methodist University in 1990, where as a swimmer he was an eleven-time Southwest Conference Diving Champion and a National NCAA Division I Champion three times. At SMU, he again swam for accomplished coach Jim Stillson, a former Ohio State University All-American diver and diving coach at Columbia. Donie was a member of the US National Diving team from 1985 through 1996.[2]
Coaching
[edit]Donie is currently the Head Diving Coach of Columbia University.[3] He was the Head Diving Coach at New York University from 2000 to 2016, where he coached 18 All-Americans.
Honors
[edit]He was inducted into the Texas Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame, and was made a member of the SMU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2016.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Texas Diving Hall of Fame, Scott Donie". tsdhof.com. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ^ "Jim Stillson to Retire after 33 Seasons". swimswam.com. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ^ "Olympian Scott Donie Becomes Head Coach of Columbia Diving". gocolumbialions.com The Official Athletics Website of Columbia University in the City of New York. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
External links
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Scott Donie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
- Scott Donie at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived February 16, 2007)
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