Think Pink Night at the Mount

On Wednesday, February 18, we are hosting our WBCA Pink Zone basketball game. We play the current #1 team in the conference, Transylvania University. All gate proceeds go towards breast cancer awareness and specifically, the Kay Yow Foundation.

Kay Yow was the head women's basketball coach at NC State from 1975-2009. With more than 700 career wins, Yow lost her battle with breast cancer just last month on January 24, 2009 that she had been fighting since 1987. In its obituary, the Charlotte Observer wrote, "Yow never lost her folksy, easygoing manner and refused to dwell on her health issues, though they colored everything she did almost as much as basketball. Ultimately, her philosophy on both was the same."

Yow planned her funeral before she died and recorded a 25-minute video to be played at her service. She thanked her supporters and ended by saying, "And now I say farewell, and it's been a wonderful journey, especially since the time I accepted Jesus as my lord and savior." Yow was a wonderful coach, a wonderful person and it's an honor and a joy to play in her name on Wednesday in a game that will benefit her foundation and honor her fight with breast cancer and all those who have won and lost in the same fight.