National Girls and Women in Sports Day 2009
TENTH ANNUAL
NATIONAL GIRLS AND WOMEN IN SPORT DAY
January 31st, 2009
sponsored by Pomona and Pitzer Colleges’ Athletics
and the Office of Community & Multicultural Programs’
Pomona Partners
National Girls and Women in Sport Day began in 1987 as a day to
remember Olympic Volleyball player Flo Hyman for her athletic
achievements and her work to assure recognition for past and
current sport achievements, to promote the positive influence of
sports participation, and to support access for women in
sports.
Each year in February, thousands of sports educators, coaches,
athletic directors, recreation directors, students and parents
across the country show their support of the Day by organizing and
sponsoring various events. The National Girls and Women in
Sport Coalition are responsible for organizing the national NGWSD.
The Coalition combines the experience and resources of the five
premiere girls- and women-serving organizations in the United
States: Girl Scouts of the USA, Girls Incorporated, the National
Association for Girls and Women in Sport, National Women's Law
Center, and the Women's Sports Foundation.
Pomona and Pitzer Athletics and the Office of Community
& Multicultural Programs’ Pomona Partners have joined
forces in planning a fun and educational event for Saturday,
January 31st, 2009. Student-athletes, administrators and
faculty from Pomona and Pitzer Colleges, and Pomona Partners staff
and student liaisons will host the event.
Pomona Partners is a Pomona College community outreach program
servicing Fremont Middle School in the Pomona Unified School
District. Pomona College students who conduct mentoring and
enrichment activities lead the weekly program. Each semester
Fremont students participate in field trips including trail
clearing at Mount Baldy and they also visit Pomona College for
planned enrichment activities such as NGWS
Day.
Approximately 100 students from Fremont Middle School in Pomona
and Serrano Middle School in Montclair will participate in the
January 31st sport day activities. The theme for this
year’s event is “Look Who’s
Playing!" —and it will be a day to celebrate all who
play and the many opportunities to play for a
lifetime.
This year’s special guest speaker will be Caryn
“Cranny” Cranston, a 1992 graduate of Pitzer College
and a Pomona-Pitzer Athletic Hall of Famer. Coach Cranston,
who currently serves as a Head Tennis Professional at the Los Gatos
Tennis Academy, will also conduct a cardio tennis clinic.
The day will include warm-up games and four instructional clinics
(P-P student athletes and staff serve as organizers and clinicians)
in cardio tennis, volleyball, lacrosse and playground games.
The day will conclude with lunch at the softball field (just
in time to watch Pomona-Pitzer compete against Patten University)
and time to socialize. All participants will receive a
t-shirt, poster, certificate and a photo collage.
For further information, please contact:
Lisa Beckett, Senior Woman Administrator
Pomona and Pitzer Athletics, 909-621-8428, lmb04747@pomona.edu
