ATLANTA South Dakota State senior Paige Meyer was selected to the 22nd class for the Womens Basketball Coaches Associations So You Want to Be a Coach program.
Selected student-athletes will participate in a two-day workshop April 3-4 during the WBCA Convention in Tampa.
Meyer, a two-year captain for the Jackrabbits, has scored more than 1,000 career points and is nearing 400 career assists. This season, Meyer averages 9.9 points and 4.7 assists through 17 games for the 14-3 SDSU squad.
The So program increases the understanding and application of skills necessary to secure coaching positions in womens basketball, increases the understanding and awareness of competencies necessary for success in coaching, introduces female basketball players to coaches and administrators, and raises awareness of the existing talent pool of female basketball players who have a passion and interest in coaching the game of womens basketball.
So participants will learn about the administrative side of coaching, recruiting, how to get hired, skill development, the importance of knowing the rules and how to balance work and life.
Qualified candidates must have exhausted their final year of basketball eligibility at a four-year institution or have graduated within the past year and must be nominated by their WBCA-member head coach. Each participant is selected based on her academics, contributions to womens basketball on and off the court, professional resume and a written recommendation from their head coach.
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