Denise Curry

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Denise Curry (born August 22, 1959) is an American former basketball player and college and professional basketball coach. She was born in Fort Benton, Montana but moved to Davis, California by the time she was in high school. During her college playing career she led UCLA to AIAW National Championship in 1978, has been named All-America three times (1979, 1980, 1981), set fourteen school records and was all-time leading scorer (3,198 points) and rebounder (1,310 points). She was named MVP of Western Collegiate Athletic Conference three times and UCLA All-University Athlete of the Year in 1981. For the US national team, she won gold medals in the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984, Pan American Games in 1983, World Championships in 1979, and silver medals at World Championships in 1983, World University Games in 1981 and Pan American Games in 1979. With her professional team, Stade Francais, she won French National championships in 1986 and 1987.

Curry is a member of the Basketball (enshrined in 1997), Women's Basketball (enshrined in 1999), and Amateur Athletic Union Hall of Fame.