| Daria Klachko dominated on the basketball court
for FDU from 1985 through 1989 in several aspects of the game.
She ranks as the Devils' all-time leading rebounder with 838.
For the 1988-1989 season, she blocked 73 shots to set the school
single-season record. Klachko ranks fourth on the all-time scoring
list with 1,256 points, averaging 13.9 points per game for her
career. Klachko holds the fourth-highest career field goal percentage
in school history at 48.6. Her 9.3 rebounds per game rank second
for a career at FDU. Her 505 career field goals are third. Klachko
made 246 free throws, third-most all-time. Her 66.3 free throw
percentage ranks eighth in school history. She was named team
MVP twice, earning that honor for the 1987-1988 season
and for 1988-1989. Klachko was named Rookie of the Year for 1985-1986.
Her 25 rebounds against Upsala during the 1988-1989 season is
a single game school record. Her 10 blocks that same season against
New Rochelle also mark a single game school record. For the 1987-88
season, Klachko grabbed 302 rebounds, the most ever in a season
for an FDU player. Her 250 rebounds the next season ranks second.
Klachko in is her fourth year of private practice as an obstetrician/gynecologist
in Livingston, working out of St. Barnabas Medical Center. She
earned her medical degree at Uninversity of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey in 1993 and did her residency at Beth Israel Medical
Center. Her practice delivered over 500 infants last year. She
resides in Florham Park. |