Briana Gray – A Fearless and Focused Leader
“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you‘ll be successful.”– Eric Thomas. This quote is one of many for
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Lee Anna Osei- UPLIFTING OTHERS THROUGH BASKETBALL
A great woman is one who can motivate other women to perform to their full potential, whether it be in
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Canadian Contribution to Women’s Basketball – All Canada Classic
The basketball court is where many female professional athletes call their workplace, but the legitimacy of their work is overshadowed because of their gender. The sudden loss of ambassadors to the women’s game, Kobe and Gianna Bryant has been a crushing blow on so many levels. For women’s basketball the hopes is their legacy will continue to propel the talent of the athletes and the work of those trying to elevate the women’s game forward until equal footing has been achieved.
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Basketball: Still An Open Chapter for Oditte Odisho
In everyone’s life, there comes a time when you must make a decision so critical that it determines the course of your future. For Oditte Odisho, that decision was choosing between being a pro basketball player and going back home to take care of her ailing mother.
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Wumi Agunbiade: On A Mission To Inspire
In many cultures, it’s believed that a name connects you to your past and can predict your future. For Wumi Agunbiade (given name Omawumi), the latter would seem to be the case. The name ‘Omawumi’ literally translates to ‘a lover of children’, and what better name could there be for a woman who spends her life enlightening and empowering young women?
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Stephany Skrba – Canadian Basketball Wonder Woman
Serena Williams triumphant return to the upper echelon of professional tennis after having her daughter had us all in awe. It also reminded me of the responsibility to provide girls and boys with as many strong female role models as possible, in order to assist in bringing equality to women in sports.
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Chenel Harris – NCAA Women’s Coaching Inspiration
Despite only being 28 years old Chenel’s has seen many of her peers leave collegiate coaching and pursue alternative careers. Chenel has set herself apart because she has managed to find balance within the unbalance of coaching at such a demanding level.
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Mckenzie Sigurdson – Journey to the Air Canada Centre
As a trainer you know not every child possess the same athletic gifts, some are blessed with quickness, some natural strength and some leaping ability. Mckenzie has many gifts but her great hand eye coordination and a natural feel for the ball in her hand separated her from her peers.
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Women’s Pro Basketball Pioneers… Toronto Lady Elite 1’s
I am very proud of the group of talented women out of Toronto Canada, who accepted the challenge of becoming
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Alice Davis “The Mad Stepper”
It’s that camaraderie that allowed Alice and the rest of the team to spearhead the fundraising initiative to pay for the backboard shattered by Tristan Martin in the 2003 All Canada Classic – Dunk Contest at the Centennial College, Scarborough ON.
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Amanda Davidson – Charting A New Course
Sports for me started at an early age. During elementary school, as the seasons changed, I changed sports, mostly school yard pick up, football, basketball, soccer baseball (kickball), whatever sport was being played, I played it.
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Jackie Dawkins – Football Mom – Fit@40+
I attended a 1 year Sports Leadership College Program and played on the women’s varsity Basketball Team where I earned a role on the team as a walk-on player and ended the year with the Females Academic Athletic award.
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