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June Daugherty Upgraded To Serious Condition

Posted: 5:07 pm PDT May 22, 2007Updated: 12:46 pm PDT May 23, 2007

June Daugherty, the current WSU women's basketball coach and former University of Washington coach, suffered cardiac arrest at an Everett hospital Tuesday afternoon, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.

According to Providence Hospital in Everett, Daugherty, 50, is in serious condition.

Daugherty collapsed at the Everett Clinic where she was scheduled for a physical and was given CPR, a source told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

A statement issued by Washington State University said hospital medical personnel have told the family there was no anticipated long-term issues and no blockage.

“There is no information at this time on the length of her recovery, only that the news is as good as we could hope for, under the circumstances,” the statement read.

The hospital released a statement from her husband Mike Daugherty said that she suffered heart attack Tuesday and is doing as well as can be expected. He thanks supporters for their concern.

Cardiac arrest is described as an electrical problem in the heart that causes the heart's lower chambers to suddenly develop a rapid, irregular rhythm causing the ventricles to quiver rather than contract. This renders the heart an ineffective pump that can no longer supply the body and brain with oxygen.

Daugherty was head women's basketball coach at the University of Washington for the past 11 seasons before the university announced in March ot would not renew her contract.

Daugherty compiled a record of 191-139 while at Washington and took the Huskies to six appearances in the NCAA Tournament.

Daugherty accepted the head coaching position at Washington State on April 20 and had recently finished hiring her staff to coach the team.

Daugherty and her husband, Mike Daugherty, who is also her associate head coach at WSU, are the parents of 13-year-old twins.

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