CARY, N.C. – The Angelo State women's basketball team closed the book on another winning season, but it wasn't quite finished striving to be the best. Perhaps more important than their on-court success, the Belles were honored Monday night by the Kay Yow Cancer Fund for contributing the most funds in Division II for the Pink Zone event.
The Belles proudly raised nearly $4,500 in their annual Pink Zone game and first-ever treadmill walk. The contest is an effort to reward participating teams in the WBCA Pink Zone who are also raising money for the Fund, in partnership with The V Foundation and the WBCA. Texas A&M won the contest at the Division I level, while Moravian College (Division III) and Viterbo University (NAIA) earned recognition for the second consecutive year. Schoolcraft College (JC/CC) and Hays High School (High School/AAU) were the winners in their respective divisions.
“We're thrilled to do anything we can to contribute to such an important cause,” Head coach Sally Walling Brooks said. “We've done [the Pink Zone game] every year, and this year we did a little better. We're competitive in everything we do and we want to win in everything. We're happy to contribute, but it is a nice award for our staff and our team to be number one in Division II.”
“We did do something a little different this year,” Brooks added. “We got walkers and they were sponsored to walk on the treadmill for four minute segments. We had the treadmills up in the Junell Center so they were able to see the game and people got to see them walking. The success was based on the walkers and how much they raised. We asked each walker to raise $250, but every one of them raised much more than that and that's where the money came from. Unfortunately, breast cancer is something that everyone will have to deal with, whether it's personal or someone we know. So it's important to be involved.”
Jostens, a long-time WBCA sponsor, will be giving a complimentary piece of jewelry from the Jostens Kay Yow Cancer Fund Jewelry Collection to the head coach of the team at each division (NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, JC/CC and High School/AAU) that raised the most funding during its WBCA Pink Zone game for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. They also presented a plaque to the winning team at each division at the Kay Yow Cancer Fund Appreciation Reception in conjunction with the 2011 WBCA National Convention and NCAA Women's Final Four in Indianapolis, Ind., Monday night.
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