USD Women's Basketball 1996-1997

Toreros In The Community

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The USD Women's Basketball program is actively involved in the San Diego community through a variety of charitable events. Activities have included: - Conducted free clinic for girls in the San Diego area in conjunction with an intrasquad scrimmage. - Organizing basketball clinic at the YMCA for the Senior Olympics. - Assisting the Boys & Girls Club of Linda Vista with girls basketball clinic through month of April. - Spending a few hours with the San Diego Soup Kitchen serving dinner to the homeless . - Volunteer to help run Senior Olympic Competition. - Volunteer to officiate Special Olympic Competition at USD. "It gives us a chance to make new friends," says senior Malia Andagan. "It is also important because we are college students succeeding and its good for the kids to see the different types of opportunities available to them. "

Toreros Help Bay Area Youth In Clinic The University of San Diego women's basketball team took part in the first annual West Coast Conference Youth Clinic held during the WCC Conference Basketball Tournament in early March. Every member of the team assisted the confer– ence coaches in teachi ng kids the fu ndamentals of the game of basketball. Eighty boys and girls ranging from fourth through eighth grades participated in the 2 1/2 hour clini c held on Sat– urday, March 2, the WCC Women's Tournament off day. The c linic was a great way for Bay Area youth to interact with collegiate women's basketball players and a good experi– ence for all of the USO team. "I enjoyed working with the kid s," sa id Torero junior guard Nai lah Thompson who is from San Francisco. "It was fun to go through and teach all the drill s to the kids. It was also good to get to know the other coaches in the conference in a re laxed atmosphere." "I think it is important for young woman athl etes to g ive back to the community and the youth ," sa id USD head coach Kathy Marpe. "It helps the sport of basketball grow in popu– larity." The clinic began with a stretching period that was led by all of the USD players. The kids then were spl it into five groups and sen t to five different stations. The stations included drills on passing. shooting, rebounding, ball handling and defense. with a coup le of players at each stati on. Thompson and junior guard Michol Murray assisted Santa Clara head coach Care n Horstmeyer in teaching kids offensive moves to dance music. By the end of the clin ic. Thompson had all of the coaches try– ing the da nce steps.

Junior Toreros Club

Want to be a member of a winning team? Join the Junior Toreros Club

Members receive :

- Free admission to all J.n home basketball games - A Junior Torcrn T-Shirt - Copy of the 1996-97 Yearbook - Updates on summer camps information

Me111hership is ope11 to all hors wit! girls ki11tln;i.:arte11 through eighth gmtle. Me111hership.fi!e is SX.OO/i1r the season. Hm·e a parent send a check or 111011er on/er to:

University of San Diego Athletic Department Michele Brovelli - USD Women's Basketball .5998 Alcala Park San Diego. CA 92110-2492

Please enclose your return address. name. school you attend. your age. grade. and T-shirt size.

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