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Studies show that girls involved in sports programs are more likely to experience academic success and graduate from high school. Female participants also have above average levels of self esteem, less depression, greater self confidence and more pride in their physical and social selves. Teenage female athletes are less than half as likely to become pregnant as female non-athletes, and are more likely to report that they've never had sexual intercourse. They are also more likely to experience their first sexual intercourse later in adolescence than female non-athletes. Knowing this, we are proud to report that more than 2,000 girls participate in the Sports Foundation's Dreams for Youth and Community Olympic Development programs annually. Thanks to all the supporters of the San Antonio Sports Foundation who make all of our programs for boys and girls possible. On February 5th we celebrate
National Girls and Women's Sports Day. Congrats to all the female participants
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San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame Tribute On Friday, February 7,
five deserving individuals will be officially inducted into the San
Antonio Sports Hall of Fame at the Sports Hall of Fame Tribute,
a black-tie gala and silent auction
staged on the floor of the Alamodome. The City of San Antonio, The
San Antonio Express-News and the San Antonio Sports Foundation sponsor
the Sports Hall of Fame. We conclude our profiles of the Class of
2003 with former San Antonio Spur, Johnny Moore. Moore will be inducted
into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame along with football greats
Linus Baer and Warren McVea, Olympic volleyball player Demetria Sance
and Negro League Baseball legend John Miles. Proceeds from the Sports
Hall of Fame Tribute benefit Dreams for Youth, a program of the Sports
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| Individual $100 tickets and corporate tables for the Sports Hall of Fame Tribute are still available! Visit our secure site or to order by credit card or contact Vanessa Richey at 210-820-2112 or vrichey@sanantoniosports.org. |
Coca-Cola and Sam's Club
are teaming up to put you in the middle of March Madness basketball.
You could win the grand prize of a trip for two to the 2003 NCAA Men's
Final Four in New Orleans that includes tickets to three games, airfare
and hotel accommodations for five days, or you could be one of 19 winners
(one winner per Sam's club location) to receive two tickets to the 2003
NCAA Men's South Regional at the Alamodome, March 28&30. Just pick
up an entry form at participating Sam's Club locations throughout Texas
and mail it to the address on the form between February 3 - March 19.
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While San Antonio’s 2004 NCAA Men’s Final Four is still a year away, New Orleans is getting ready for their big “dance” in April. Last month, San Antonio Local Organizing Committee (SALOC) Executive Director, Wendy McCauley attended the New Orleans Executive Committee and LOC meetings to hear their plans for the 2003 Men’s Final Four. “The benefit of attending these meetings on everything from hotel preparations to global security will certainly be reflected in our planning stages,” said Wendy. “And ticket packages for our 2004 Final Four are going fast, so now is the time to buy!” As few as 25-$3,000 ticket packages and 2-$25,000 ticket packages remain for the 2003 Men’s South Regional and 2004 Final Four. A sell-out in anticipated in the next few months, so now is the time to get guaranteed tickets to the 2004 Final Four in San Antonio!
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| For information on how to purchase basketball ticket packages, visit the San Antonio Local Organizing Committee website, e-mail Jenny Carnes or call 210-820-2104 today! |
Dreams for Youth Athletes Become Role Models Two of the presenters at the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame on February 7, will be shinning examples the Sports Foundation’s Dreams for Youth (DFY) program. Christina Cabanilla and José Sanchez embody what Dreams for Youth stands for and how the program can enhance a child’s life.
Christina attended DFY
camps during her high school years at Harlandale High School. She
is currently a coach for a DFY sixteen and under volleyball team
while playing volleyball herself at Saint Mary’s University
on a scholarship. A good student and dedicated coach, Christina
enjoys being a roll model and wants to encourage the girls she coaches. Dreams for Youth provides
training in six Olympic sports: volleyball, fencing, swimming, diving,
badminton and gymnastics. For more information about volleyball or any of the six Olympic sports in Dreams for Youth, contact Alma Striker at 210-820-2113 or astriker@sanantoniosports.org.
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For months now, Liz Fritz,
Cynthia Ellison and Ralph Bender have been securing fabulous vacation
packages, sports memorabilia, and other fun and useful items for the
silent auction at the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame Tribute, February
7. As volunteer co-chairs of the silent auction, Liz, Cynthia and Ralph,
are working tirelessly to make this the best silent auction ever. Thanks to Liz, Cynthia and Ralph for their unending energy and unwavering dedication to the Sports Foundation and our promising young Dreams for Youth athletes.
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Johnny
Moore played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association from
1980 to 1990, all of them with the San Antonio Spurs. He held the
team record for assists with 3,685 and led the NBA in assists for
the ’81-82 season with an average of 9.6 per game. He had his
best season in 1984-85 when he averaged 12.8 points, 10 assists and
2.79 steals in 82 games. Moore was diagnosed with Desert Fever, a
rare form of meningitis, in 1986. He returned to the Spurs and the
NBA as a role model of determination and played for three additional
seasons. In 1998, the Spurs retired Moore’s “00”,
only the third number to be retired in Spurs history. 
Basketball
Fever is Coming!
For
José, who first experienced DFY fencing as a senior at Harlandale
High School, fencing became his ticket to the world. As a competitor,
Jose has traveled nationally and internationally to take on elite
fencers. Eventually, his DFY coach, Olympian Vinnie Bradford, encouraged
him to become a coach as well. Currently the only Hispanic fencing
coach in the Southern region, Jose now teaches daily fencing classes
to DFY athletes at the Dreams for Youth gym, 300 San Pedro.
"We
have more than 225 great items," says Fritz. "Guests can bid
on everything from an island getaway in Belize to a Lance Armstrong
autograph." Want a sneak preview of some of the top items up for
bid? Just click on the