Heather Burge

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Heather Burge
Harbor City, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolPalos Verdes
(Palos Verdes Estates, California)
CollegeVirginia (1989–1993)
PositionCenter
Career history
1999Sacramento Monarchs
Career highlights and awards
Stats at
Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Jones Cup
Gold medal – first place
1992 Taipei
 Team Competition

Heather Marie Quella (

née Burge; November 11, 1971) is a former professional basketball player and is the twin sister of Heidi (Burge) Horton
.

Early life

Prior to starting high school, the Burge family moved to Palos Verdes Estates, California so that the sisters could attend Palos Verdes High School. Burge helped bring success to the team, transforming the Sea Kings into Southern Section 3-A champions in 1987 and concluding her high school career atop the school's all-time list of girls' scorers with 1,345 points.[1][2] Burge played inside against the opposing teams' centers and was the go-to scorer in the paint [3] Heidi and Heather Burge helped the Cavaliers to 3 consecutive Atlantic Coast Championships and 3 consecutive Final Four appearances in 1990, '91 and '92. During the summers, both played for USA Basketball: Heather, making the Women's National Team (1993 Champions of The World Cup Qualifying Tourney in Sao Paolo, Brazil). Heidi played with the Women's Select team (1993 representing the US in Bremen, Germany).

College career

UVA would win right away with Burge averaging 12.2 points and 6.7 rebounds a game her freshman year

U18 and U19 basketball teams and won a gold medal at the 1990 US Olympic Festival.[5] Things did not always go smoothly for the Burges in their freshman and sophomore seasons as the pair were frequently in foul trouble, rarely played at the same time on the court (due to their foul situation), fought with teammates and each other, and were considered by their teammates to be both "soft" and prone to mistakes and turnovers.[2]

However, during their time with UVA, the pair averaged 24 points and seven rebounds per game and teamed with NCAA All-Americans

USA Today Coaches Poll at the end of the regular season.[7] In 1993, Virginia lost in the East Region Championship to NCAA runner-up Ohio State
. The Lady Cavs lost all four tournament games by a total of only 15 points with the biggest score differential being their 9-point loss to Stanford in 1990.

While at UVA, Burge was the ACC Player of the Year and a Kodak District All-American in 1993 and was also a two-time Academic All-American (1992 & 1993), a two-time ACC All-Conference selectee (1992 & 1993), a two-time selectee to the NCAA All-Tournament team (1992 & 1993), and a three-year member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll (1991–1993).[8] As of May 2011, Burge is first all-time for the Lady Cavs in career blocked shots with 152, in free throw attempts with 640, and in games played with 135, second in career rebounds with 955, third in career scoring with 2,058 points, sixth in career double-double's with 30, and 10th in free throws made with 326.[9][10] She is also 13th all-time in the ACC in scoring.[11]

WNBA career

After graduating with a bachelor's degree with a dual major in

Lille, France.[14]
However, she retired after the 2001 season due to lingering injuries. Upon retirement, one of Burge's biggest professional disappointments was that she was never able to either play with or against Heidi.

USA Basketball

Burge was named to the USA team competing in the 1992

Taipei, Taiwan. The team won all eight games and won the gold medal. Burge averaged 4.5 points per game.[15]
In the summer of 1993, made the final cut for the USA Women's National team, competing down in Brazil to win the World Cup Qualifier. In the fall, began her pro career overseas in Clermont-Ferrand, France on the Stade Clermontois Assoc du Basquet club which placed 5th in the championship. The next 4 years before the WNBA was formed, she played in : France, Hungary, Australia, Spain and all over Europe in the Euroleague Championship.

Post-retirement

After retiring from basketball on June 1, 2001, Burge stayed in California and taught 8th grade Spanish at

Palos Verdes, CA.[14] She later received a master's degree in Multi-Lingual Education. She then became a stay-at-home mom with her husband, Darren Quella, to raise their three children in Los Angeles. During that time, she also teamed up with San Pedro High School boys basketball coach John Bobich to run a youth basketball camps in San Pedro, CA.[16]
H In 2017, she resumed teaching as her youngest son went to Christ Lutheran School and her two eldest are attending Port of Los Angeles High School. She developed a Spanish PE curriculum rooted in music and motion, and continues to teach 4-14 year olds at Christ Lutheran School in Rancho Palos Verdes, while running basketball camps with Integrity Hoops Academy.

At 6 feet 5 inches each, the pair were recognized in 1991 by

Poppi Monroe. Burge has a small part in the 2002 film Juwanna Mann starring Vivica A. Fox. She plays the character "Magda Rowonowitch" and is credited as Heather Quella.[17]

In September 2002, Burge was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference 50th Anniversary Women's Basketball Team.[10] Included in the team were seven other members who played for the University of Virginia: Val Ackerman (who played for Virginia from 1978–81), Tonya Cardoza (1987–91), Dena Evans (1990–93), Donna Holt (1985–88), Wendy Palmer (1993–96), Tammi Reiss (1989–92), and Dawn Staley (1989–92).

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1999 Sacramento 13 0 2.2 42.9 0.0 20.0 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.5
Career 1 year, 1 team 13 0 2.2 42.9 0.0 20.0 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.5

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1989–90 Virginia 35 - - 47.4 0.0 53.5 6.7 0.5 - 0.9 - 12.2
1990–91 Virginia 34 - - 51.7 0.0 54.2 5.6 0.5 1.3 0.9 - 12.7
1991–92 Virginia 34 - - 55.4 0.0 46.9 8.4 1.1 1.0 1.2 - 17.2
1992–93 Virginia 32 - - 62.3 0.0 50.0 7.7 1.2 1.7 1.5 - 19.1
Career 135 - - 54.6 0.0 50.9 7.1 0.8 1.3 1.1 - 15.2
Statistics retrieved from
Sports-Reference.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ Thomas, Pete. "The Real Twin Towers Play for Virginia: Women's Final Four: Heidi and Heather Burge help Cavaliers to semifinal game against Stanford tonight". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ a b Munoz, Theresa (2002-01-18). "COLLEGE BASKETBALL / NCAA TOURNAMENTS : Alike, Different: Identical Twins Heather, Heidi Burge Succeed in Their Quest to Be Individuals - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  3. ^ Kelli Anderson (1993-02-01). "There's an identity crisis in women's basketball as an - 02.01.93 - SI Vault". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2010. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  4. ^ Thomas, Pete (1990-03-30). "The Real Twin Towers Play for Virginia: Women's Final Four: Heidi and Heather Burge help Cavaliers to semifinal game against Stanford tonight". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  5. ^ "Women's All-Time U. S. Olympic Festival Roster by Affiliation". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  6. ^ "Postseason History". University of Virginia. Retrieved 15 Oct 2013.
  7. ^ "Virginia in the National Polls". University of Virginia. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 15 Oct 2013.
  8. ^ "Virginia to Celebrate National Girls & Women in Sports Day on Sunday". University of Virginia. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 15 Oct 2013.
  9. ^ "Virginia Women's Basketball: Blocked Shots Records". University of Virginia. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 15 Oct 2013.
  10. ^ a b "Eight Cavaliers Named to ACC 50th Anniversary Women's Basketball Team - VIRGINIASPORTS.COM - The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site". Virginiasports.cstv.com. 2002-09-25. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  11. ^ "ACC Career records" (PDF), ACC Women's Basketball, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-12.
  12. ^ "Heather Burge WNBA Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  13. ^ "1999 Sacramento Monarchs Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  14. ^ a b "Virginia Women's Basketball: Alumnae Bios". University of Virginia. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 15 Oct 2013.
  15. ^ "1992 Women's R. William Jones Cup". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  16. ^ "San Pedro Basketball Camp". Burgeandbobich.com. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  17. ^ "Juwanna Mann (2002) - IMDb". IMDb.
  18. Sports-Reference
    . Retrieved July 7, 2024.
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