Doris Sable Burke - Class of 1983

Basketball, Softball

Presenter:  Dick Johnson

On the courts at Indian Hill Park in Manasquan, seeds were planted for a career that would bloom in gyms all around the Big East.  In 1983, Sable led Dick Johnson's Warriors to the Shore Conference Tournament title, was honored with her second All-Shore selection.  Additionally, she became became Manasquan's all-time leading scorer ending her career with 1,384 points, and was named Manasquan's most outstanding women's basketball player.

She went on to play basketball for the Providence College Lady Friars, and picked up right where she left off.  In 1984, she was named to the Big East All-Rookie Team.  As a Lady Friar, Doris would become a three-time Big East Player of the Week, two-time member of the Big East All-Tournament Team, and in 1987 was named to the All-Big East and Kodak District All-American teams.  When she walked off the court after her final game, she left 7 Providence career records in her wake, including points scored; free throws made and attempted, and assists.  She is commonly referred to as "one of Providence's greatest playmakers ever".

After leaving PC, she turned to broadcasting and has become a trailblazer in her field.  Applying a point guard's perspective to game analysis, and as well as a knack for making history, she became the only woman to ever broadcast a New York Knick's game, and the first to do a Big East men's basketball game.  She is currently a leading analyst for ESPN Sports, and has also been seen on ESPN2, CBS, MSG, and NESN.  She is a 2006 inductee to the New England Basketball Hall of Fame, a 2004 inductee to the Institute for International Sport Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame, and a 1999 inductee to the Providence College Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2005, she was also awarded an honorary doctorate from Providence.