Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) presents
2008 Nike's So You Want To Be A Coach
Opening the door for young minority women …
Tentative Schedule of Events (coming soon)
PURPOSE: The purpose of the Nike's So You Want To Be A
Coach workshop is to provide an educational and professional foundation for
minority female basketball players in order to better prepare them for entering
the coaching profession. Nike's So You Want To Be A Coach workshop is two and
a half days of superior programming. The goal is to increase the number of minority
female basketball players who aspire to coach. The coaching lessons shared with
these participants will assist in identifying, recruiting, and retaining minority
women in the profession of coaching.
QUALIFICATIONS: The program is made possible through the NCAA Matching
Grants for the Advancement of Minority Women Coaches. For qualification, the
potential candidate must have exhausted her final year of basketball eligibility
at a four-year institution OR has graduated within the past year. In addition,
the candidate's head coach has to nominate them, and must be an active WBCA
member.
2008 PROGRAM DETAILS: The workshop will be held April 4-6, 2008
during the WBCA National Convention in Tampa, Florida. The participants will
have the opportunity to meet and learn from some high level professionals, visit
the WBCA Exhibit Hall and attend NCAA open practices.
Each participant is honored with a certificate of completion, and their resumes
are placed on the WBCA Career and Resource website powered by Athleticlink.com,
a website career center listing candidates who desire a job in sports.
IMPORTANT FINANCIAL INFORMATION: Permissive legislation allows for Division
I (Bylaw 16.11.1.13), Division II (Bylaw 16.11.1.10) and Division III (Bylaw 16.11.1.14) institutions to pay
for a student-athlete's actual and necessary expenses to attend Nike's So You
Want To Be A Coach workshop.
The WBCA Board of Directors encourages all WBCA head coaches who have minority
female athletes interested in coaching women's basketball, to nominate their
players.
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"The future of women's basketball coaches looks bright with the success
of this workshop."
---Carol Owens, Head Coach, University of Northern Illinois
"This opportunity was truly priceless."
----Candace Holmes, Morgan State University
"I am grateful for the experience and have learned so much about the profession
of coaching as well as networking and selling myself…I would suggest it
to everyone who is interested in coaching."
---LaShowann Smith, Alabama A&M
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Twenty-Nine
Minority Women Score Jobs - Check out where the "So" Class
of 2005 have landed jobs!
The 2007 event was a great success. The Nike's So You Want to be a Coach Class
of 2008 is listed below. Many of the women listed have put their resumes online
at the WBCA
Career Center. There is no cost to register and access the resumes.
| Adrienne Gilmore |
Furman University |
| Alexis Castro |
American International College |
| Alisha Tatham |
University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
| Amanda Jackson |
Miami University |
| Amber Metoyer |
Louisiana Tech University |
| Andrea Johnson |
Tusculum College |
| Andrea Williams |
University of New Orleans |
| Aquonesia Franklin |
Texas A&M University |
| Asha Santee |
Howard University |
| Ashleigh Newman |
University of Maryland |
| Ashley Pellom |
Western Carolina University |
| Ashley Ford |
University of Nebraska |
| Ashli Summerville |
College of Charleston |
| Brittney Vaughn |
University of Arkansas |
| Cecilia Ware |
Caostal Carolina University |
| Chante Bowman |
University of Kentucky |
| Chioma Nnamaka |
Georgia Tech |
| Ciara Johnson |
DePaul University |
| Courtney Simmons |
University of Louisville |
| C'Vette Henson |
George Mason University |
| Daphne Mitchell |
Georgia Tech |
| Denasha Mondy |
Bellarmine University |
| Dominee Matthews |
Xavier University of Louisiana |
| Imesia Jackson |
Mississippi State University |
| Jade Robinson |
Kennesaw State University |
| Jamila Ganter |
Texas A&M University |
| Janese Banks |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Janie Mitchell |
Georgia Tech |
| Jennifer Brown |
James Madison University |
| Jill Ingram |
Georgia Tech |
| Karmeshia Easly |
University of West Florida |
| Katherine Menendez |
North Central College |
| Kentrina Wilson |
Georgia Tech |
| Latoya Carter |
Garner Webb University |
| Leah Foster |
Texas State University |
| Le' Della English |
University of New Orleans |
| Lindsey Shiomi |
University of La Verne |
| Maripier Malo |
Saint Bonaventure University |
| Melissa Mitidiero |
DePaul University |
| Monique Bassett |
Bethune Cookman University |
| Monique Dawson |
Western Carolina University |
| Morgan Patrick |
Stony Brook University |
| Nathalie Reshard |
University of Alabama |
| Psyche Butler |
Rober Morris University |
| Renee Polk |
University of West Florida |
| Reyna Gross |
Howard University |
| Rita Grayson |
Francis Marion University |
| Shannon Carlisle |
Howard University |
| Taushauna Churchwell |
Grand Valley State University |
| Terease Thorton |
Howard University |
| Tiowana Spann |
West Virginia University Institute of Technology |
| Tristan McCray |
Bethune Cookman University |
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