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Dana Austin Outstanding HPER Female Alumna 2004 - 2005 |
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Dana is a 1987 Spring Garden High School Graduate where she led her team to the Class 1A State
Basketball Championship.
She received a B.S.Ed. in Physical Education from JSU in 1991 while earning Division II Basketball
All-America honors and leading her team to the Elite Eight. She received an M.S.Ed. in Physical
Education from JSU in 1992 and an Ed.S. in Physical Education from JSU in 2004.
Dana is currently the Assistant Girl's Basketball Coach at Spring Garden after spending 10 years as the Head Women's Basketball Coach at JSU where she was recognized as the Trans America Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. She has also been recognized as a Young Alumnus of the Year at JSU.
She is married to Ricky Austin and has two sons, Riley (5) and Cooper (2). Ricky and Dana
are living their dream of promoting physical fitness and teaching and coaching together at Spring
Garden.