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 WVU Tech's Tiowana Spann Posted by
Toni Oliverio
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Fri, Mar 14, 2008
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Senior Golden Bear one of 53 student-athletes chosen for class of ‘08 Montgomery, WV - WVU Tech’s Tiowana Spann, a senior women’s basketball player for the Golden Bears, has been selected to participate in Nike’s So You Want To Be A Coach program, the organization recently announced. Hosted by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), the two-and-a-half day event will be held April 4-6 in Tampa, Fla. during the WBCA National Convention.
“I am very excited and honored about participating in this workshop,” Spann said. “I’ve always wanted to coach, and this workshop will give me the opportunity to listen and learn from some of the greatest coaches in the country.”
Spann, a two-year captain for the Golden Bears, helped lead Tech to the NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball National Tournament in 2007, their first season as a member of the Mid-South Conference. Tech finished the year 24-9 and took home the Mid-South Tournament Championship. The Bluffton, Ga. native will graduate from Tech this May with a degree in Athletic Coaching Education.
“Nike is committed to growing women's basketball and supporting those coaches involved in our game," said Jill Pizzotti, Nike’s Manager of Women's College Basketball. “We are proud to sponsor the ‘So You Want To Be A Coach’ program, focused on developing and educating these chosen young ladies on the coaching profession.”
The WBCA has been a cornerstone in developing an organization that meets the needs of women, while promoting the game of basketball and its development, as well as unifying coaches on every level. The So You Want To Be A Coach Program was designed to increase the amount of minorities in the coaching profession, by providing a workshop based on educational and professional principles to help those interested in the field. The coaching lessons shared with these participants will assist in identifying, recruiting and retaining minority women in the profession of coaching. At this year's workshop, the participants will have the opportunity to meet and learn from some high level professionals such as Penn State Head Coach Coquese Washington, Old Dominion Assistant Coach Nikita Dawkins, Black Coaches & Administrators Executive Director Floyd Keith and many others. For qualification, the potential candidate must have exhausted her final year of basketball eligibility at a four-year institution or have graduated within the past year. In addition, the candidate's head coach has to nominate them and must be an active WBCA member. Each participant is selected based on their academics, contributions to women's basketball on and off the court, professional resume and a written recommendation from their head coach. Listed below is the 2008 class of Nike’s So You Want To Be A Coach: Candidate, School Janese Banks, Wisconsin Monique Bassett, Bethune-Cookman Chante’ Bowman, Kentucky Jennifer Brown, James Madison Psyche Butler, Robert Morris Shannon Carlisle, Howard Latoya Carter, Gardner-Webb Alexis Castro, American International Taushauna Churchwell, Grand Valley State Monique Dawson, Western Carolina Karmeshia Easly, West Florida Ledella English, New Orleans Ashley Ford, Nebraska Leah Foster, Texas State Adrienne Gilmore. Furman Rita Grayson, Francis Marion Reyna Gross, Howard C’Vette Henson, George Mason Jill Ingram, Georgia Tech Amanda Jackson, Miami (Ohio) Imesia Jackson, Mississippi State Andrea Johnson, Tusculum College Ciara Johnson, DePaul Maripier Malo, Saint Bonaventure Dominee Matthews, Xavier (La.) Tristan McCray, Bethune-Cookman Katherine Menendez, North Central College Amber Metoyer, Louisiana Tech Daphne Mitchell, Georgia Tech Janie Mitchell, Georgia Tech Melissa Mitidiero, DePaul Denasha Mondy, Bellarmine Ashleigh Newman, Maryland Chioma Nnamaka, Georgia Tech Morgan Patrick, Stony Brook Ashley Pellom, Western Carolina Moesheda Pettus, Alabama-Huntsville Renee Polk, West Florida Nathalie Reshard, Alabama Jade Robinson, Kennesaw State Asha Santee, Howard Linsdey Shiomi, University of La Verne Courtney Simmons, Louisville Tiowana Spann, WVU Tech Ashli Summerville, College of Charleston Lori Tanaka, University of Chicago |
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