Gillian d'Hondt
Mercer Island Islanders | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | KingCo 3A |
Personal information | |
Born | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | 16 April 1982
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Career information | |
High school | Blanchet (Seattle, Washington) |
College | Pacific |
Playing career | 2004–2012 |
Position | Center |
Number | 40 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
2004–2005 | Waregem |
2005–2006 | Rhondda Rebels |
2006–2007 | Castellani Pontedera |
2007–2008 | Trony Cagliari |
2008–2009 | ADBA Avilés |
2009–2010 | Saarlouis Royals |
2010–2011 | Vienna Flying Foxes |
2010–2011 | Guadalajara |
2011–2012 | Ancona |
As coach: | |
2014 | Northwest University (assistant) |
2015–present | Mercer Island High School |
Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
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Gillian Katherine d'Hondt (born 16 April 1982) is an American and European women's basketball player originally from Seattle, Washington. Her father is athlete Walter D'Hondt and her aunt is actress Danica d'Hondt.
Early life and college
[edit]D'Hondt attended Bishop Blanchet High School in Seattle, Washington, and accepted a basketball scholarship to the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. While at the University of the Pacific, she earned all Big West Conference second team honors from 2002 to 2004. In 2004, she received recognition on the first team all-Big West Conference women's basketball tournament team. Throughout her four-year career at the University of the Pacific, she averaged 14.3 points per game and 6.7 rebounds per game.
Pacific statistics
[edit]Source[1]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2000-01 | Pacific | 28 | 203 | 44.2% | 0.0% | 48.3% | 5.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 7.3 |
2001-02 | Pacific | 30 | 408 | 54.5% | 0.0% | 55.5% | 7.1 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 13.6 |
2002-03 | Pacific | 28 | 441 | 51.0% | 0.0% | 55.0% | 6.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 15.8 |
2003-04 | Pacific | 19 | 263 | 53.2% | 0.0% | 54.6% | 5.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 13.8 |
Career | 105 | 1315 | 51.2% | 0.0% | 54.0% | 6.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 12.5 |
Professional career
[edit]D'Hondt competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne on the England women's national basketball team. d'Hondt played for multiple European teams, including the Rhondda Rebels and Isolux Corsan Guadalajara. She qualified for the 2006 England Women's Basketball National Team, and won a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. It was an historic event being the first time the men's and women's teams were competing as England in a major multi-sport event and it was the first Commonwealth Games in which basketball was featured. Gillian has also played for Guadalajara, Spain; Saarlouis, Germany; ADBA Avilés, Spain; Barking Abbey, United Kingdom; Waregem, Belgium; and most recently Ancona, Italy.[2]
Coaching career
[edit]In 2014, d'Hondt accepted a coaching position at Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington, as a women's basketball assistant coach. In May 2015, d'Hondt took over as the head coach for the Mercer Island High School girls basketball team. She led the Mercer Island team to a state championship in the 2016–17 season.
Personal life
[edit]D'Hondt is the daughter of Canadian Olympic gold medalist for rowing, Walter D'Hondt.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Gillian d'Hondt Player Profile, Basket Girls Ancona, News, Stats - Eurobasket". basketball.eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014.
- ^ "Home Page". melbourne2006.com.au. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014.
External links
[edit]- Official 2006 Commonwealth Games Basketball page at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 February 2006)
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- [5] Archived 28 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Bishop Blanchet High School alumni
- Centers (basketball)
- Canadian women's basketball coaches
- Canadian women's basketball players
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in basketball
- English women's basketball players
- Pacific Tigers women's basketball players
- Basketball players from Seattle
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games