Background
Nadine Domond is a basketball player and entrepreneur, who was born in 1975 in Stamford, Connecticut.
Nadine Domond is a basketball player and entrepreneur, who was born in 1975 in Stamford, Connecticut.
Domond scored 2,300 points at Bridgeport. She helped lead the Hilltoppers to the 1994 Class LL championship. She received numerous honors in high school: induction into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame, Parade High School All-American, Kodak High School All-American, United States of America High School All-American, #1 Point Guard in the Country during her High School Senior Year, Division I Basketball Standout at the University of Iowa, United States of America Selected Team, and United States of America Junior National Team Silver Medal Team Member.
At University of Iowa (Hawkeyes) for the next four years (1994-1998), Domond earned a degree in African American World Studies and Instructional Design.
In basketball her freshmen year, Domond played on the last team coached by legendary women"s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer during her 1994-1995 year.
During the next three years, under the new coach Angie Lee, Domond and the Hawkeyes (Iowa) were the Big Ten Champions and also made it to the Sweet Sixteen National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament in 1996. During this time, Domond played for other United States of America national teams including one team that won the silver medal in 1997 United States Jones Cup.
As of 2010, Domond was the #5 all-time Hawkeye women"s 3-point shooting.
She coached Grambling State women"s basketball team in 2014. Her two parents, Evelyne and Delouis Domond, emigrated here to America from Haiti. Domond was already playing basketball at an elite level since high school when she led her team to the state title.
Soon after, she went on to play at University of Iowa for the next four years.
Here she played under the Hall of Famer Vivian Stringer (1994-1995) and earned second team All-Big 10 honors for field goals made, fifth in assists, and seventh in steals during her senior year. Domond is also the all-time #5 Hawkeye (Iowa) 3-point shooting record holder.
After graduation, she played overseas in France, Poland, Israel, and the Women's National Basketball Association (19th overall pick in 1988 by Sacramento Monarchs). As she got older she began coaching.
First she was an assistant coach at Hapton University (2002), and then she coached the Apprentice School women"s basketball program (2005).
Women's National Basketball Association Domond was drafted right after graduating as the #19 overall pick and played nine games for the Sacramento Monarchs in the 1998 Women's National Basketball Association season. International play Domond played basketball in France, Poland, and Israel. While playing in Israel, she helped lead her time, Bnei Yehuda, to the championship playoffs for the first time in franchise history.
In Poland, she helped lead the Color Cap Rybnik to the final four for the first time in franchise history.
Domond has organized events to feed the homeless and clothe the needy. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Instruction Design/African-American Studies from the University of Iowa.