Deanna Donaldson Pouliot was a multi-sport athlete lettering in basketball, softball, and golf all four years of her Celina High School career spanning from 2000 to 2003, but she is best known for her prowess on the hardwood as one of the Lady Dawgs’ greatest point guards of all-time while playing on some of legendary head coach Joe Sims’ best teams as a three-year starter.

During her career, Pouliot scored 917 points, pulled down 319 rebounds, and dished out 318 assists to help her team amass an impressive overall record of 104-23; win four district titles, two region championships, and two substates; and finish in the State Tournament Final Four in 2001 and as the State Runner-up in 2002.

She received All-Tri-Lakes Conference Honorable Mention, District All-Tournament, and Region All-Tournament her sophomore season; All-Tri-Lakes Conference 1st Team, District All-Tournament, Region All-Tournament, and State All-Tournament her junior year; and All-Tri-Lakes Conference 1st Team, District Tournament MVP, and Herald-Citizen All-Upper Cumberland 3rd Team her senior season.

Pouliot also received a scholarship to play at Roane State Community College and had an excellent career at the next level, where she became one of the leading free throw shooters in the nation.