Donna J Newberry

Donna J. Newberry was born on November 14, 1951, in Parkersburg, West Virginia. She graduated from South Parkersburg High School in 1969, then attended Glenville State College (Bachelors in Education, 1973) in West Virginia and Ohio University (Masters in Education, 1974) in Athens, Ohio. In 1974, she joined the faculty of Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, and remained at that institution (now Muskingum University) until her death from breast cancer on November10, 2010. Donna had many...See more

Donna J. Newberry was born on November 14, 1951, in Parkersburg, West Virginia. She graduated from South Parkersburg High School in 1969, then attended Glenville State College (Bachelors in Education, 1973) in West Virginia and Ohio University (Masters in Education, 1974) in Athens, Ohio. In 1974, she joined the faculty of Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, and remained at that institution (now Muskingum University) until her death from breast cancer on November10, 2010. Donna had many teaching, coaching, and administrative responsibilities at Muskingum, but she is best known for building quality programs in women's basketball and softball which produced numerous conference and regional championships, appearances at several national finals tournaments in both sports, and one National Championship in softball (2001). Nineteen of her players were named to All-American teams. She was recognized as the national coach of the year in two sports during her career. See less