Kay Yow Week

All this week, women's college basketball teams will pay tribute to Kay Yow. Kay was the coach of the women's basketball coach at North Carolina State University. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 and passed away on January 24, 2009 with her third battle with the cancer. All this week women's basketball teams will wear pink uniforms, pink shoes, pink shirts, pink ribbons, and pink shoe laces to pay tribute to the coach. The home teams would wear an outline of pink on their uniforms, and the away teams would wear solid pink jerseys. She was a very successful coach and won over 700 games in her 38 year career. She was a very strong and influential coach in women's basketball when it came to breast cancer. There is fund paying tribute to the late coach. The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund will raise money to in the fight against women's cancers. The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund is also in affiliation with The V Foundation. To make a donation, or find out more information you can go to https://www.jimmyv.org/support-us/donate-now.html?contrib=kayyow