WORCESTER, Mass. – Tomorrow night, the Worcester State women's basketball team will "Play4Kay" when they host Westfield State at 5:30 PM at Brissette '88 Competition Court.
Play4Kay is a national movement that uses college basketball games to fundraise for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.
To help honor cancer warriors in the fight against ALL cancers affecting women, fans attending tomorrow night's game are encouraged to wear pink and to make donations to the Play4Kay fund at the door.
For more information on Play4Kay and the Kay Yow cancer fund, visit the Kay Yow website: https://kayyow.com/Play4Kay/
To donate directly, click here: https://support.kayyow.com/give/303125/#!/donation/checkout
About Kay Yow
Sandra Kay Yow was born March 14, 1942, in Gibsonville, North Carolina. Her love of basketball started at age 7, and her dedication to the game took her all the way to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. As head coach of the North Carolina State University women's basketball team and past president and founding member of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), her voice became a galvanizing force within the sport of women's basketball.
In her 38 years as a college head coach, Coach Yow was one of only six Division I women's basketball head coaches to achieve 700 career victories. She guided her squads to 20 of 27 NCAA Tournaments, 11 trips to the Sweet 16, and a trip to the Elite Eight and the Final Four in 1998. Yow was part of an elite group of nine Olympic coaches chosen to lead USA Basketball in the pursuit of Olympic gold. Additionally, Yow became only the third women's basketball coach in NCAA Division I history to coach 1,000 games with one program.
Coach Yow was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987. She passed away in 2009, after a 22-year, on-again, off-again battle with the disease. Coach Yow fought that battle in the public arena. Her hope was to inspire others to make a difference in a fight that impacts each and every one of us.
About Play4Kay
It's a simple idea — take a game in your schedule and use it to fundraise for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. The vision of Play4Kay came directly from Coach Kay Yow. Through Play4Kay, she saw a way to bring communities together and honor cancer warriors in the fight against ALL cancers affecting women. As Play4Kay evolved, the mechanisms for fundraising have expanded and so have the initiatives. Schools nationwide are finding ways to "Play4Kay" on and off the basketball court.