Maura P. Keenan

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Maura P. Keenan
(Basketball, 1989)

This 1989 DHS graduate achieved All-State status in three team sports, volleyball, basketball, and softball, 2012 Hall of Fame inductee, Maura Keenan. Maura was a three year starter on both the volleyball and softball teams and a basketball starter her senior year while an honor student at Danbury High School. Aside from being All-State, Maura was also a captain for all three sports and received All-FCIAC and News-Times All Area honors several times. In basketball, she averaged 19 points and 11 rebounds as a power forward her senior year. While at DHS, Maura played in three Class LL championship games, twice with basketball and once with softball. All three times, Danbury fell to Southington. In basketball Maura was also a High School Coaches Association All-Star pick. After her graduation from Danbury High School, Maura continued her education and athletic career at Ithaca College. While at Ithaca, Maura played both basketball and softball, serving as captain for both teams. She was a top ten rebounder in basketball and ECAC MVP. While in college, Maura was a double major in finance and recreational management. Currently, Maura works for the YMCA but has stayed involved in youth sports in various capacities. She has worked as an AAU basketball coach with the Wesconn Fillies and as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Western Connecticut State University. She has worked at ESPN, Pace University and was the girls basketball coach at Brookfield High School for four years. Working with Bob Guerera, she helped raise funding for the PAL building.