Dawn Allinger

Dawn Allinger was a basketball player at Washington State University but played handball for the USA at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. While in school she led the Cougars to the 1991 NCAA Tournament and was an All-Academic selection in the Pac-10 conference three times. She later attended Montana State University where she worked for a masters’ degree in athletic administration and also served there as an assistant basketball coach.

Allinger was capped 111 times and played on five US national championship teams. She was twice named MVP at the US Championships, in 1994 and 1999. Allinger also played at the 1995, 1999, and 2003 Pan American Games, with the US team winning gold in 1995 and then finishing fourth in 1999 and 2003.

Allinger later worked for the US Team Handball Federation and was a sport manager at the Utah Olympic Park. She later went into finance, managing investment projects for D&M Holdings, and also served as vice-chairperson of the Bozeman Schools Foundation.