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'''Donna H. Wise''' (born June 24, 1950)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/donna-wise/e944018172768|title=Donna Wise|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 4, 2018}}</ref> is a [[professor]] and administrator at the [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Campbellsville University]] (formerly Campbellsville College) in her native Campbellsville in Taylor County in central [[Kentucky]].
'''Donna H. Wise''' (born June 24, 1950)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/donna-wise/e944018172768|title=Donna Wise|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 4, 2018}}</ref> is a retired [[professor]] and administrator at the [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Campbellsville University]] (formerly Campbellsville College) in her native Campbellsville in Taylor County in central [[Kentucky]].
As thet chairman of the Human Performance Department, which offers the university sports curricula, Wise was from 1977 to 2007 the award-winning CU women's [[basketball]] coach. In that capacity, she had a 662-283 career record, a success rate surpassed only in Kentucky by Adolph Rupp of the [[University of Kentucky]], Denny Crum, and Ed Diddle. On the road, Wise's Lady Tigers won 306 of 512 games (61 percent); at home, 355 of 432, 83 percent.<ref name=bio/>
Wise studied at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, which in 2005 inducted her into the "Hall of Distinguished Alumnus. In 1995, the Campbellsville Chamber of Commerce named Coach Wise "Citizen of the Year"; in 2000, "Educator of the Year." The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics inducted Wise in 2000 inducted Wise into its Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2007, Wise was admitted to ''Cambridge Who’s Who.''<ref name=bio/> In 2010, she was inducted in [[Louisville]] into the Kentucky Athletic Association Hall of Fame.<ref name=athletichalloffame>{{cite web|url=https://www.campbellsville.edu/about/2010/04/29/donna-wise-is-named-to-kentucky-athletic-hall-of-fame/|title=Donna Wise is named to Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame|publisher=Cambellsville.edu|date=April 29, 2010|author=Joan McKinney|accessdate=January 4, 2018}}</ref>
Wise studied at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, which in 2005 inducted her into the "Hall of Distinguished Alumnus. In 1995, the Campbellsville Chamber of Commerce named Coach Wise "Citizen of the Year"; in 2000, "Educator of the Year." The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics inducted Wise in 2000 inducted Wise into its Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2007, Wise was admitted to ''Cambridge Who’s Who.''<ref name=bio/> In 2010, she was inducted in [[Louisville]] into the Kentucky Athletic Association Hall of Fame.<ref name=athletichalloffame>{{cite web|url=https://www.campbellsville.edu/about/2010/04/29/donna-wise-is-named-to-kentucky-athletic-hall-of-fame/|title=Donna Wise is named to Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame|publisher=Cambellsville.edu|date=April 29, 2010|author=Joan McKinney|accessdate=January 4, 2018}}</ref>
An active [[Republican Party|Republican]] donor, Wise and her husband, George D. Wise (born August 18, 1951), attended the 2017 inauguration in [[Washington, D.C.]], of [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://coachdonnawise.com/|title=Coach Donna Wise: Human Performance Chair|publisher=Coachdonnawise.com|accessdate=January 4, 2018}}</ref>
An active [[Republican Party|Republican]] donor, Wise and her husband, George D. Wise (born August 18, 1951), attended the 2017 inauguration in [[Washington, D.C.]], of [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://coachdonnawise.com/|title=Coach Donna Wise: Human Performance Chair|publisher=Coachdonnawise.com|accessdate=January 4, 2018}}</ref>
The Wises are past contributor to the campaigns of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mitch McConnell]] and the parents of Kentucky state Senator George Maxwell "Max" Wise of Campbellsville, also a Republican, first elected in 2014. Max Wise is a former CU faculty member who is an instructor at the University of Kentucky Patterson School of Diplomacy in Lexington. The Wise's daughter-in-law, Dr. Heather Wise, is a pediatric dentist in Campbellsville.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://coachdonnawise.com/biography/|title=Biography of Coach Donna Wise|publisher=Coachdonnawise.com|accessdate=January 4, 2018}}</ref>
The Wises are past contributor to the campaigns of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mitch McConnell]] and the parents of Kentucky state Senator George Maxwell "Max" Wise of Campbellsville, also a Republican, first elected in 2014. Max Wise is a former CU faculty member who is an instructor at the University of Kentucky Patterson School of Diplomacy in Lexington. The Wise's daughter-in-law, Dr. Heather Wise, is a pediatric dentist in Campbellsville.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://coachdonnawise.com/biography/|title=Biography of Coach Donna Wise|publisher=Coachdonnawise.com|accessdate=January 4, 2018}}</ref>
Wise retired from CU in 2022.
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