Scott Richard Donie (born October 10, 1968, in Vicenza, Italy) was a former American diver for Southern Methodist University who was a silver medalist in 10m platform diving in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and participated in springboard diving in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics placing forth.
[1] He was born in Vicenza, Italy, on October 10, 1968, while his father served with the U.S. Army, and dove on a local summer swim team once his family moved to New Jersey.
While commuting from the New Jersey area, Donie was fortunate to be mentored by Coach Jim Stillson at New York's Columbia University on his age group team, the Morningside Divers.
While in the Boca Raton Area, Donie dove and trained with the Mission Bay Makos Swimming and Diving Team where he was managed by Hall of Fame Coach Ron O'Brien.
[4] Donie swam for Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 1987-1990, and was the recipient of All American honors from 1987-1989.
[1][6] Holding a degree of national celebrity, his period of depression after the 1996 Olympics was the subject of an episode of the program Dateline, which aired on NBC on July 17, 1996.