The WBCA and the Alliance of Women Coaches announce the class for the 16th annual “So You Want To Be A Coach” program
The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and the Alliance of Women Coaches announced the class for the 16th annual “So You Want To Be A Coach” program. Each member will participate in a three-day workshop with speakers provided by the Alliance on March 28-30 in conjunction with the WBCA Convention in Columbus, Ohio and during the week of the Women’s Final Four.
The program has graduated 814 class members in its 15-year history. Among these participants, 54 percent (not counting the 2017 class) are currently working in women’s or girls’ basketball at various levels. A total of 53 are head women’s or girls’ basketball coaches — five in NCAA Division I, three in NCAA Division II, 11 in NCAA Division III, one in the NAIA, four on the two-year college level, and 29 on the high school level.
The objectives of the program are to:
- Increase the understanding and application of skills necessary to secure coaching positions in women’s basketball.
- Increase the understanding and awareness of competencies necessary for success in coaching.
- Introduce female basketball players to coaches and administrators.
- Raise awareness of the existing talent pool of female basketball players who have a passion and interest in coaching the game of women’s basketball.
In addition, members of the class are provided with professional development and career networking opportunities.
Selection criteria per the WBCA:
Qualified candidates are selected from a list of nominees who have exhausted their final year of basketball eligibility at a four-year institution or have graduated within the past year. The candidate’s head coach must nominate them and be an active WBCA member. Each participant is picked based on her academics, contributions to women’s basketball on and off the court, professional resume and a written recommendation from their head coach.
The 2018 “So You Want To Be A Coach” program class
| Name | Institution |
| Dyandria Anderson | University of Florida |
| Ashley Barker | Marietta College |
| Khadijah Berger | Temple University |
| Halie Bergman | University of Nevada |
| Camden Boehner | West Chester University of Pennsylvania |
| Quanetria Bolton | University of Alabama |
| Kari Borowiak | Concordia University (MI) |
| Jay-Ann Bravo-Harriott | University of Toledo |
| Ja’Da Brayboy | University of North Carolina – Asheville |
| Molly Brown | University of Southern Mississippi |
| Brandi Buie | Jacksonville University |
| Shaylen Burnett | Elon University |
| LeTisha Caldwell | Cincinnati Christian University |
| Laura Castaldo | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| Jasmine Cincore | University of Nebraska |
| Emily Clemens | Western Illinois University |
| Caitland Considine | Coker College |
| Remy Davenport | Truman State University |
| Jenny DeGraaf | University of North Carolina-Wilmington |
| Jasmine Demers | Buena Vista University |
| Jillian Dunston | University of Michigan |
| Jennifer Dynis | University of Illinois |
| Amanda Fioravanti | Saint Joseph’s University |
| Maggie Flynn | Flagler College |
| Danielle Franklin | Valparaiso University |
| Adashia Franklyn | Saint Joseph’s University |
| Taylor Gleason | Oakland University |
| Tiara Goode | Coppin State University |
| Brittany Greene | University of Southern Mississippi |
| Shelby Holmes | Eastern Nazarene College |
| Cassidy Joyner | Lenoir-Rhyne University |
| Jordan Korinek | Kent State University |
| Mackenzie Latt | Davidson College |
| Hannah Lepaio | Newberry College |
| Laney Lewis | Ursuline College |
| Samantha Lisikatos | State University College at Oneonta |
| Adebisi Mabodu | University of North Texas |
| Kelsey McClure | University of West Georgia |
| Lulu McKinney | Texas A&M University |
| Camille McPherson | Moravian College |
| Jalisa Mitchell | Harris Stowe State University |
| Kolby Morgan | Tulane University |
| Brooke Orcutt | Case Western Reserve University |
| Abby Owings | Thomas More College |
| Charnelle Reed | Lewis University |
| Chantel Roberts | Chowan University |
| Brianna Rowe | Concordia University (MI) |
| Allison Spaschak | Ithaca College |
| Madeline Staples | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
| Ni’ya Styles | University of Mount Olive |
| Amani Tatum | Manhattan College |
| Naqaiyyah Teague | Jacksonville University |
| Sheana Vega | Liberty University |
| Anna Walther | Roger Williams University |
| Monterika Warren | Bethune Cookman University |
| Aries Washington | University of Missouri – Kansas City |
| Dominique Williams | University of California – Los Angeles |
| Emily Wood | University of Nebraska |
| Bre Zanders | Lindenwood University |
| Camille Zimmerman | Columbia University |
| Kat Wright | University of Arizona |
| Danielle Williams | University of Michigan |
