Allstate® WBCA Good Works Team®

The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), teaming with Allstate Insurance Company, is pleased to introduce the Allstate WBCA Good Works Team®, to collegiate women's basketball.

Below is a brief explanation of the Allstate WBCA Good Works Team program, and instructions for nominating your candidate.

Overview
There are so many compelling stories in your programs for all of the good works your athletes are involved with. This is an outstanding opportunity for the WBCA and Allstate® to join with you to help highlight those individuals whose exemplary actions and associations have made a difference on their campuses, in their communities and beyond.

The Allstate WBCA Good Works Team is composed of college women's basketball student-athletes who make outstanding contributions in the areas of volunteerism and civic involvement. These individuals embody the true spirit of "teamwork" and "giving back" through commendable acts of kindness.

The goal of this program is to provide recognition for these future leaders, their academic institutions, and communities they serve and support.

Logistics
The Allstate WBCA Good Works Team is selected from nominations submitted by head women's basketball coaches who are current members of the WBCA with assistance from their SIDs. The nominees for the two five-member teams - one composed of players competing in NCAA Division I and the other a combined team representing NCAA Divisions II, III and the NAIA - are announced in March. The members of these two teams are invited by Allstate to the WBCA National Convention and NCAA® Women's Final Four®.

Recognition
The WBCA and Allstate® will work to recognize members of the Good Works Team locally, regionally and nationally for their selfless efforts.

Below are a few ways we may recognize the Allstate WBCA Good Works Team:
• A web page on WBCA.org
• News releases that may generate opportunities for numerous national and local news stories (we can't guarantee stories)
• Recognition at the WBCA National Convention and theNCAA Women's Final Four:
o Participation in a neighborhood volunteer event
o Introduction during NCAA semifinal or championship game
o Introduction at the WBCA Awards Show
Introduction at NCAA Tourney Town and/or other official NCAA events held in conjunction with the Women's Final Four

Criteria for Nomination
It is suggested that nominees be:
1) Women's basketball student-athletes in all NCAA and NAIA divisions who are academically a sophomore, junior or senior during the 2012-13 season.
2) In good standing with their respective institutions.
3) Of outstanding character and demonstrate performance in the classroom, which makes them candidates for graduation.
4) Candidates should be actively involved in, and committed to, working with charitable organizations or service groups on or off-campus and/or should have displayed extraordinary devotion to a personal cause in their lives. They should have displayed sincere concern, reliability and made a favorable impact on the organization or activity in which they are involved. Candidates should show superior dedication in these extracurricular areas.

Nominating Procedure
Each institution whose head women's basketball coach is a current WBCA member may nominate one women's basketball student-athlete who may be a sophomore, junior or senior. Freshmen are not eligible.

To nominate, please click here. It will be necessary for your head coach and/or you to have the head coach's WBCA login (user and password) to access the nomination form.

Fill in the information COMPLETELY.

In addition, you will need to upload in PDF format and/or provide hyperlinks to a particularly compelling game program story, news article, letter of commendation and any other background material related to the nominee's community service activities.

We will also require you to upload the following HIGH RESOLUTION JPEG photos:

1) Head shots of the nominee in both team uniform and business attire
2) A basketball action shot of the nominee
3) Three to five photos of the nominee participating in a community service event (if possible)

If you have any questions, please contact Daniella Trujillo (770-279-8027 ext. 110) or email dtrujillo@wbca.org.