Donna Brown (basketball)

Donna Quinn (born 12 October 1963) is a former Australian women's basketball player.

5 feet 11 inch (180 cm) Forward

1984 Los Angeles Olympics, 1988 Seoul Olympics

Biography

Donna played for the Australian national team between 1982 and 1989, competing at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. Brown also represented Australia at one World Championship; 1986 held in the Soviet Union.

In the domestic Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) Brown played 215 games for both the Australian Institute of Sport (44 games) and the North Adelaide Rockets (171 games). Brown was also named to the WNBL All Star Five on two occasions; 1988 and 1990.

Donna Quinn started playing basketball as a ten-year-old on the Pittsworth bitumen courts. During her junior years, she represented Pittsworth, Toowoomba, Queensland South Zone, and Queensland at all junior levels.

In 1981, she won an inaugural scholarship to the new Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. At the AIS Donna successfully juggled a bank job with the rigours and demands of training every day and set herself a goal of playing at the 1984 Olympics.

Donna was a member of the fledgling AIS team in the WNBL Her play was so impressive that she was selected to tour China in early 1984 and was then selected for the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Cuba.

Donna then went on to represent Australia at the 1985 Australia Games where Australia won Gold, at the 1986 World Championships, the 1988 Olympic Games and tours of Europe, U.S. and Canada.

Donna’s national career was even more impressive, playing a total of 215 WNBL games and is renowned for being one of the more dominant players in the WNBL for those nine years. In 1990 Donna won the WNBL Grand Final with the North Adelaide Rockets and was named the Finals MVP.

Donna retired from elite basketball at the end of the 1990 season.

Donna Quinn was inducted in the 2021 Queensland Basketball Hall of Fame, which praised her drive, work ethic and competitive spirit.

Donna Quinn Basketball Accomplishments

QLD JUNIORS

1976                    Under 14 Qld Women's Honorary Team

1977                    Australian Championships Under 16

1978                    Australian Championships Under 16 – Runner Ups  - Captain

1979                    Australian Championships Under 18

1980                    Australian Championships Under 18  - Winners  - Captain

1981                    Australian Championships Under 20

                           Australian Institute of Sport Selected – Foundation Year

                           Oceania Championships – Winner

1982                    Australian Championships Under 20

                          Australian Institute of Sport

1983                   Australian Championships Opens

                          Australian Institute of Sport

WNBL

1981–1983         Australian Institute of Sport - 44 games

1984–1987         Noarlunga - 76 games

1984                  Australian Club Championship Winners

1984–1986         State League Winners

1985                  WNBL Runners-up

1986                  Australian Club Championships - Named MVP

1986                 State League Winners

1987                 SA All Star 5, Halls Medalist runners-up, Defensive Player

1988–1991      North Adelaide - 75 games

1988           WNBL All Star 5

1988           Sport Australia Award  - Team of The Year

1989           Sport Australia Award - Team of the Year

1990           WNBL Champions - Named MVP FINAL

1990           WNBL All Star 5

1990           Hall Medalist

1990           State all Star 5

1990           Best Defensive Player

1990           Won Both State Leagues, Australian Club Championships, WNBL All Star 5, MVP, Halls Medalist, State All Star 5, Defensive Player

1992           Adelaide Lightning - 20 games ÂÂ

See also

• WNBL All-Star Five

References