June 14, 2005
Women's Basketball Volunteers with SWISH League
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| SWISH 7/8/9th GRADE DIVISION: Tina Beams in yellow with the "Cougars", Jenna Chabot and Libby Lane in maroon with the "Ligers", and Mischa Plunkett in blue with the "Sexy Senioritas". |
After hosting a fundraising clinic for the SWISH league back in October, members of the women's basketball program continued their service by volunteering as coaches for the SWISH spring league. Players Tina Beams, Libby Lane, and Jenna Chabot joined Assistant Coach Mischa Plunkett as members of SWISH's all-female coaching staff.
The SWISH league (Serving Women Instructionally Shooting Hoops) is a non-profit organization that sponsors an instructional spring league for girls in the Santa Cruz community. With current and former basketball players serving as coaches, this league fosters a positive and fun environment for girls of all skill levels to get out there and play basketball.
"I look forward to coaching this league every spring," said Asst. Coach Mischa Plunkett, who has coached for the past 4 years, "the kids are great and I love the league's philosophy."
Members of the UCSC Women's Basketball team have been sharing their passion for the game with SWISH girls since 2001, and this year the team covered 3 of the 4 teams in the 7th, 8th and 9th grade division.
"I had a lot of fun teaching kids that were excited and energetic to play the sport of basketball," said Jenna Chabot, Co-Coach of the Ligers. Co-Coach Libby added that "the girls were great I'm really impressed with how much they learned."
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| Megan Gaynor, Jenna Chabot, Lauren Cardinalli, and Libby Lane representing the Women's Basketball team at the 4th annual Service Recognition Awards Ceremony on May 31st. |
When asked about the league, Tina Beams, coach of the Cougars, put it best when she said that "coaching swish was a great learning experience for me and the kids as well."
The SWISH league provides a great opportunity for girls to meet and work with college basketball players and it's a great experience that the women's basketball players get to take with them into next season as Seniors.For their volunteer work with the SWISH League Jenna, Libby, Tina, and the entire Womenís Basketball team were recently recognized at the Student Volunteer Connectionís 4th annual Service Recognition Awards Ceremony. The Slugs were runner-ups behind the LRDP Committee for the Student Organization/Student Group Award.
Congratulations to the Slugs for their continued work in the community and for being the first athletic team recognized by the Student Volunteer Connection.
