ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19 WBCA Annual Report 2018-19 | 1 TO OUR MEMBERS Dear member, The WBCA Board of Directors and staff are pleased to share with you this annual report for the 2018-19 membership year. Among our major accomplishments: • We renewed our focus on marketing and branding, partnering with corporate sponsor Beyond Sports to present the inaugural Women’s Collegiate All-Star Game in NCAA Division III. • We made concerted efforts to promote the value of Contents the WBCA to coaches of the sport and the game as a whole, officially launching the WBCA Benevolent Our association .................. 3 Fund in January. Already the fund has provided more Our leadership .................... 5 than $4,000 to member coaches in need of financial Our team .............................. 6 assistance. We also expanded the WBCA Conference Our strategic plan ..............7 Captains program, which has been extremely successful Rizzotti Our membership ............... 8 through the years in NCAA Divisions I, II and III, to our Our finances ........................ 9 NAIA membership as well. Our educational • We placed a greater emphasis on our values and programming .................10 standards. The board at its July meeting adopted basic Our new initiatives ............11 guidelines the executive committee will follow should it Our 2018-19 honorees ....12 become necessary to discipline a member for violating Looking ahead.................. 22 WBCA bylaws or the code of ethics. This policy ensures due process rights of notice, hearing and appeal are protected. Our efforts are not going unnoticed as our growing membership and record convention attendance show. Best wishes for the 2019-20 membership year! Donehew Jennifer Rizzotti Danielle M. Donehew President Executive Director WBCA Annual Report 2018-19 | 2 OUR ASSOCIATION Our Objectives Our Mission We inform, advise and guide coaches on matters that impact their profession and their sport. The WBCA leads, serves and unites coaches of We offer networking opportunities that allow coaches to connect, women’s basketball encourage and mentor each other. for the good of our game and those We provide educational programming that enables who play it. coaches to make themselves better leaders, teachers and role models for the athletes they coach, and improve the quality and popularity of the game. We recognize coaches, as well as their athletes and their teams, who excel athletically and academically each year, and honor those who have made lasting contributions to the profession and sport throughout their career. We act as the unifying voice of coaches to the organizations that Our Vision govern the sport at its various levels of competition. Every coach of women’s basketball looks to the WBCA for Our Values the support they need to succeed Member coaches are stewards of the game, conducting professionally, themselves with professionalism and integrity, and putting grow the game, foremost the safety, welfare and educational interests of the and inspire players women and girls they coach. The WBCA membership, board of to realize their full directors and staff conduct themselves in such a manner that potential. the women and girls who play basketball gain self-respect, self- esteem and self-confidence, as well as educational development. These qualities empower women and girls to succeed in life and to become leaders in their professions, communities and society. WBCA Annual Report 2018-19 | 3 OUR ASSOCIATION Our Standards Members conduct themselves professionally, according to the rules, and with civility to players, administrators, game officials, fans and each other. The board of directors had adopted these ethical and behavioral standards — this code of ethics — to which all members must adhere. Integrity Athlete Experience Education & Professionalism Empowerment • We follow both the • We place the physical • We perform with letter and spirit of the and mental well- • We teach by excellence and good rules and regulations being of the women example and instill sportsmanship and that govern our sport. and girls who play in our athletes the require the same of basketball above all fundamental values each other and our • We watch for actions else; their health and of honesty, integrity, athletes. that could influence safety is paramount. respect, civility, self- other coaches, staff discipline, personal • We commit to • We maintain members, athletes responsibility and strictly professional growing and and fans to behave in fairness. relationships with the enhancing the a way that is contrary athletes with whom sport of women’s to these standards. • We educate women we interact. and girls in a manner basketball and that prepares them seek opportunities • We report conduct • We respect to succeed in life and to grow personally or suspected conduct the dignity and become leaders in and professionally. that is not in keeping individuality of each their communities. with these standards person with whom we • We respect the as well as the rules interact and promote • We strive in all game, fellow coaches, and regulations that a diverse and inclusive we do to expand administrators, game govern our sport. culture in which every athlete experiences officials and the individual is valued. and support their women and girls we • We acknowledge academic and coach and teach. that winning is educational interests. important, but never at the expense of • We conduct ourselves sportsmanship, safety according to the and integrity. WBCA values and standards and are accountable for our decisions and actions. WBCA Annual Report 2018-19 | 4 OUR LEADERSHIP 2018-19 Board of Directors Officers Jen Rizzotti Tricia Cullop Coquese Washington Lacey Lewis Danielle Donehew Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Cox Enterprises Executive Director George Washington Toledo Penn State Treasurer WBCA Secretary President Vice President Past President (nonvoting) Voting Directors Cori Close Rich Ensor Lisa Fortier Nels Hawkinson Trish Jones Monique LeBlanc Jason Martens Brian Morehouse Chris Nelson Beth O’Boyle Head Coach Commissioner Head Coach BTI Attorney Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach UCLA MAAC Gonzaga Chair, Leadership Public Sector Merrimack St. Mary’s, TX Hope Bethel (TN) VCU NCAA Division I CCA NCAA Division I Advisory Council NCAA Division II NCAA Division II NCAA Division III NAIA NCAA Division I Raegan Pebley Brian Rosario Charmin Smith Mary Beth Spirk Jenn Strawley Joni Taylor Polly Thomason Teresa Waters Stephanie Yelton Head Coach Head Coach Assc. Head Coach Head Coach Deputy Dir. Athletics Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Texas Christian Chandler-Gilbert California Moravian Miami Georgia UT-Dallas River Hill, MD West Florida NCAA Division I Two-Year College Assistant Coaches NCAA Division III Administrators NCAA Division I NCAA Division III High School NCAA Division II Nonvoting Members Courtney Banghart Carol Callan Diane Dickman Lynn Holzman Martha Putallaz Head Coach National Team Managing Director Vice President Professor Princeton Director DI Governance Women’s BKB Duke NCAA Division I USA Basketball NCAA NCAA FAR WBCA Annual Report 2018-19 | 5 OUR TEAM WBCA Staff Danielle Donehew Executive Director [email protected] ext. 122 Shannon Reynolds Dana Refling Jack Watford Tess Romine-Black Daniella Trujillo Deputy Director Executive Assistant Director of Communications Director of Marketing Senior Manager [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] of Events & Awards ext. 118 ext. 122 ext. 112 ext. 106 [email protected] ext. 110 Shanteona Keys Latasha Lewis Jeff White Amber Wilson Shayla Black Abby Davis Manager of Education Manager of Manager of Digital Media Manager Manager of Membership Events Manager [email protected] Marketing Communications [email protected] of Corporate Relations Associations International Associations International ext. 145 [email protected] ext. 111 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ext. 105 ext. 103 770-279-8027 Prompt 2 859-207-3918 Keith Howard Becky Brooks Alexis Brooks Kelley Eaves Associations International Associations International Associations International Associations International Susan Bangs Ann Schildhammer Accounting Legal Bill Levisay Gary O’Malley Consultant Consultant WBCA Annual Report 2018-19 | 6 OUR STRATEGY Planning for the future The association made tremendous progress in 2018-19 meeting the objectives necessary to achieve the goals composing its three- year strategic plan. Stewardship Membership Education Objective Met (2018-19) Objective In-Progress Objective Focus for Year 2 (2019-20) Objective Focus for Year 3 (2020-21) WBCA Annual Report 2018-19 | 7 OUR MEMBERSHIP Who we are (2018-19 membership by category) The association experienced growth in almost every category of membership during the 2018-19 membership year. Division I Coaches 1525 Others (international, inactive, retired coaches; business, strategic partners; athletes, fans, etc.) 455 Support Staff Division II Coaches (ADs, SWAs, videographers, grad 495 4613 assistants, managers, etc.) TOTAL MEMBERS 489 Pro Coaches Division III Coaches 553 23 Youth Coaches Coaches (AAU, club teams, etc.) 215 41 2-Year College Coaches Scholastic Coaches (NJCAA, CCCAA, NWAC, etc.) (NFHS, independent schools, etc.) 219 598 NOTE: Coaches include directors of basketball operations. WBCA Annual Report 2018-19 | 8 OUR FINANCES 2018-19 budget A breakdown of where the association’s money comes from and where it goes. Revenue source Membership External sources