Local athlete inducted to Hall of Fame

SPOKANE — A former standout Davenport athlete was inducted into the Inland Northwest Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

Jennifer Stinson Greeny is among the class of 2024 athletic inductees, who include Stacy Clinesmith, Isaac Fontaine, Dennis LaRud and Bud Nameck. Sue Doering is being inducted as a Hall of Fame coach.

As a high schooler, then Jennifer Stinson helped lead the Davenport Gorillas to two state titles in girls basketball. The daughter of Jim Stinson, basketball was in her blood.

Her father was a state B basketball standout, too, and authored the book “Tournament Fever.”

She wrapped her high school career, from 1992-1995 as the state’s all-time scoring leader with 2,881 points, a record that stood for 25 years.

In 1992, Greeny helped lead the Gorillas to their first-ever appearance in the state girls basketball tournament.

Before she graduated, she had a state tournament record of 421 points, 163 field goals made from 305 attempts, and 90 free throws out of 130 attempts. She also had 212 rebounds in state competitions.

She also had the single-game points record with 43.

Greeny was also a member of the state championship Gorilla volleyball team and won three individual high-jumping titles.

But it was her volleyball play that gained her recognition in the NCAA.

Greeny was selected as an All-Pac-10 player for Washington State University, where she played on three NCAA tournament teams, reaching the Elite 8. She not only reached that level as a player, she also attained it as an assistant coach.

Since then, Greeny’s career has taken off as a coach.

In 2005, she coached the Pullman Greyhounds to a state title and amassed an 84-12 record there. Greeny then coached for Lewis-Clark College in Lewiston, where she posted an impressive 112-24 records and led her team to four NAIA tournament appearances.

After her stint in Lewiston, she returned to Washington State University, where she compiled a winning record of 235-175 and took her team to eight NCAA championship tournaments.

She’s now coaching at West Virginia.

In 2023, she was inducted into the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Hall of fame.