K-State Hosts WBCA Pink Zone Event Feb. 15
Jan 27, 2009 | Women's Basketball
The WBCA's "Pink Zone" initiative is a global, unified effort for the WBCA’s nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. The benefactor of this initiative is the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund, named for the recently passed legendary
This season, K-State Athletics and the K-State Super Store worked together to produce an official shirt for this event. The pink shirt features a purple Powercat on the front and can be purchased for only $10 at any home basketball game, the K-State Super Store or Cats Closet in
This initiative has grown from approximately 120 institutions participating in the inaugural 2007 campaign to over 650 and counting during the 2008 season. During last season’s event in Bramlage Coliseum, the Wildcats wore pink warm-up tops with the breast cancer ribbon, pink wristbands and pink shoelaces.
For more information or to donate to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund, please visit www.wbca.org.
For ticket information for this special day, please visit www.kstatesports.com or call the
