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Catherine Florence Maria Regina Digovich (born September 13, 1984)[1] is the founder and director of operations of the Botswana-based nonprofit Positive Innovation for the Next Generation (PING), which develops mobile health and education tools and helps mentor and teach local youth IT skills. She is also the founder and CEO of Develo, the for-profit arm of PING based in the Silicon Valley that develops mobile applications for emerging markets targeted at telecoms to help them diversify their revenue and provide value-added services to businesses and the end-user as well as the informal market sector.
Katy Digovich | |
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Born | Catherine Florence Maria Regina Digovich September 13, 1984 |
Alma mater | Princeton University |
Occupation | Social Entrepreneur |
Years active | 2008–present |
Known for | Founding Positive Innovation for the Next Generation |
Parent(s) | Peter Digovich Carolyn Digovich |
Awards | Global Laureate Fellowship |
Biography
editDigovich grew up in Palo Alto, California, and graduated from Princeton University in 2008. She played on the Princeton Tigers women's basketball team from 2003 to 2005 and 2006 to 2008 at forward.[2][3] Digovich took a gap year from Princeton in 2005–06 and left the basketball team for the last time in January 2008.[4][5] In four years, she played 67 games and averaged 7.1 points and 4.9 rebounds.[6]
Princeton statistics
editSource[7]
YEAR | Team | GP | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RBG | APG | BPG | SPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2003-04 | Princeton | 27 | 35.3% | 35.2% | 63.3% | 6.444 | 2.222 | 0.741 | 0.852 | 10.444 |
2004-05 | Princeton | 20 | 34.7% | 23.3% | 81.3% | 5.350 | 1.250 | 0.650 | 1.250 | 8.700 |
2005-06 | Princeton | Took a year off[5] | ||||||||
2006-07 | Princeton | 17 | 17.1% | 14.3% | 33.3% | 2.706 | 0.353 | 0.353 | 0.294 | 1.000 |
2007-08 | Princeton | 4 | 33.3% | - | - | 1.000 | - | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.500 |
Career | 68 | 33.5% | 28.6% | 68.8% | 4.868 | 1.338 | 0.588 | 0.794 | 6.985 |
YEAR | Team | GP | FG | FGA | 3P | 3PA | FT | FTA | REB | A | BK | ST | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2003-04 | Princeton | 27 | 97 | 275 | 31 | 88 | 57 | 90 | 174 | 60 | 20 | 23 | 282 |
2004-05 | Princeton | 20 | 59 | 170 | 17 | 73 | 39 | 48 | 107 | 25 | 13 | 25 | 174 |
2005-06 | Princeton | Took a year off[5] | |||||||||||
2006-07 | Princeton | 17 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
2007-08 | Princeton | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Career | 68 | 164 | 489 | 50 | 175 | 97 | 141 | 331 | 91 | 40 | 54 | 475 |
Awards and accolades
editIn October 2013, Digovich received the Global Laureate Fellowship for her involvement with Positive Innovation for the Next Generation. She traveled to São Paulo, Brazil to receive the prestigious award only received by twenty young entrepreneurs worldwide annually.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Katy Digovich" (PDF), Princeton Women's Basketball 2007-08, Princeton University, p. 14, 2007
- ^ Goodwin, Rachel (November 16, 2007). "Consolation-bracket play kicks off against Samford". The Daily Princetonian. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
- ^ "Digovich Leads Women's Basketball To Overtime Victory". CSTV.com. CBS College Sports. November 19, 2004. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
- ^ "PRINCETON Women's Basketball 2007-08" (PDF). princeton.sidearmsports.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Women's Basketball Prepares for Run at Second Straight Ivy Crown". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
Digovich, who returns from a year off...
- ^ Princeton game notes December 31, 2007, p. 10
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ "2013 Laureate Global Fellows Celebrated in Brazil". IYFNET.com. International Youth Foundation. October 16, 2013. Archived from the original on May 3, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-03.