Category: Sports

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a coach for the most successful women’s basketball program in junior college history?
Wonder no more. Now you have an opportunity to find out.

Trinity Valley Community College, in conjunction with the annual Play 4Kay even to raise money for breast cancer awareness, is offering a fan a chance to help Elena Lovato coach the two-time defending national champion Lady Cardinals in game on Wednesday, Feb. 19 against Panola College at Cardinal Gym.

All it will take to become assistant coach for a day is a successful winning bid in an auction, which will benefit the Kay Yow Breast Cancer Fund.
The highest bidder will get to be in the locker room with the team before the game, on the bench during the game, participate during timeouts and be in the locker room after the game. The winning bidder will also be interviewed about the experience at halftime of the men’s game on the Cardinal Sports Network.

To submit a bid, e-mail your bid and name to [email protected]. Bids may also be submitted via phone. Call 903-674-6322 (leave a voice mail with bid and name).

Bids will be updated online at www.tvcc.edu, on Twitter at @TVCCsports and on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/Trinity Valley Community College.
The deadline for bids is noon on Wednesday, Feb. 19.

TVCC press release

Trinity Valley Community College is again teaming up with the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association to raise awareness in the fight against breast cancer.

For a seventh straight year, TVCC is participating in the WBCA’s Play 4Kay initiative, which began as “Think Pink” in 2007. TVCC has designated the Wednesday, Feb. 19, game against Panola College at Cardinal Gym as its Play 4Kay event. Game time is 5:30 p.m.

The initiative is named in memory of former North Carolina State head women’s basketball coach Kay Yow, who died after a third recurrence of breast cancer in January 2009. The movement continues to grow and change lives, especially during February.

Yow recorded 737 victories during her coaching career while also guiding the United States Women’s Basketball team to the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In June 2002, Yow’s accomplishments earned her induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and in July of 2007. Yow was presented with the inaugural Jimmy V. ESPY Award for Perseverance.

To date, the fund has raised more than $7 million in support of women’s cancer research. Due its unique partnership with The V Foundation, the fund utilizes Scientific Advisory Board to ensure your donations support the cancer research projects with the most potential. Thus, grant recipients funded by the Kay Yow Cancer Fund have remarkable standing within the scientific community. Continue reading “It’s Time To Play 4Kay”