Tonya Burns

Tonya Burns
No. 42 – Iowa State Cyclones
PositionCenter
LeagueBig Eight Conference
Personal information
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Career information
High schoolLeo High School
(Leo, Indiana)
CollegeIowa State (1981–1985)
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-Big Eight (1985)

Tonya Burns-Sheehan[1] (née Burns, known as Tonya Burns-Cohrs from 1991 to the 2020s[a]) is an American former basketball player and coach. After a noted high school career in Indiana, She starred for the Iowa State Cyclones from 1981 to 1985 and was the first women's basketball player at Iowa State to have her number retired. After an attempt to play professionally in the National Women's Basketball Association, which never played a regular-season game, she became a high school basketball coach and physical education teacher in her native Indiana.

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  2. ^ "Burns-Cohrs". Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. June 28, 1991. p. 2F.
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