The Hiram College women's basketball team is joining in the Play4Kay initiative, formerly known as the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Pink Zone, to assist in raising awareness and funds for cancer research on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. The official charity is the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. The Terriers host Ohio Wesleyan University on Saturday, February 11 at 1:00p.m. in the Coleman Sports Center on the campus of Hiram College as part of the Play4Kay program.
Fans are asked to join the Hiram and OWU players, coaches and game day support staff in wearing pink to the game. Shirts will be available for sale at the event for $10. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. The North Coast Athletic Conference coaches are collectively raising money and will make one donation from the conference office to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.
“Hiram is proud to join the NCAC coaches along with the WBCA in raising awareness and funds to help find a cure,” says Hiram head coach Andrea Preston. “We are thrilled to be a part of such an important event and cause."
The late Kay Yow, former NC State University head women's basketball coach, served as the catalyst for Play 4Kay after her third recurrence of breast cancer in 2006. Yow was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987, and passed away on January 24, 2009.
Since 2006, thousands have joined Coach Yow's team in the fight against breast cancer and raised over $1.5 million for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. The official dates for the 2012 campaign are February 10-20.
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