Hall of Fame
KRISTIN DAUGHERTY RONAI – Basketball 2007-11
Kristin Daugherty was the best player in a history-making women's basketball class at the University of Dayton. She was part of the first Division I class to reach the post-season in all four of their seasons. She was also on the first Dayton Division I team to win a post-season game (in the WNIT her sophomore season) and the first Flyer Division I team to win an NCAA tournament game (in her junior season).
Daugherty can be found all over the UD record books. She is eighth in career scoring with 1,498 career points (fifth when she graduated), second in games played in (135), fourth in minutes played (3,678, 27.2 per game), sixth in free throws made (276) and three-pointers made (146). She is also in the Dayton top 20 in career scoring average, rebounds and assists.
As a senior, shemade a school-record 50% of her three-point field goals (48 of 96) after not doing better than 30% from beyond the arc in her first three seasons.
She was a three-time All-Atlantic 10 performer and was named the A-10 Women's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Year (first ever for Dayton). She was also a three-time Capital One Academic All-District selection. As a senior, she was named to the first team, and appeared on the national ballot for Academic All-America. She received Dayton's Presidential Outstanding Scholar Award as a senior.
Kristin is currently the Director of Compliance at the Ohio High School Athletic Association. Her husband is Jared Ronai, who is the head men's basketball coach at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. They have two children – Kyler and Kamryn.
