HV SPORTS ANNUAL CHARITY BREAKFAST
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 - 7:30 AM
AMBER ROOM COLONNADE
GUEST SPEAKER
UCONN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH
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GENO AURIEMMA |
DANBURY – University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma will be the guest speaker at the Housatonic Valley Sports Organizing Committee’s annual charity breakfast, Thursday, September 3 at 7:30 a.m. at the Amber Room Colonnade in Danbury.
Auriemma has guided the Huskies to six national titles, 10 Final Fours, three perfect seasons (1995, 2002 and 2009) and 32 Big East titles during his 24 years in Storrs.
Companies and individuals can sponsor a table of 10 for $250. Individual tickets are available for $25. Tickets can be purchased through committee members: Dick Murray murr1959@aol.com, Kay Schreiber kay.Schreiber@sbcglobal.net , co-chair Jody Rajcula at rajculaj@wcsu.edu or co-chair Wayne Shepperd at wjshepperd12@aol.com .
In 2006 Auriemma was inducted into both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
Recently he was named as the head coach of the United States National Team which will compete in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Auriemma is the first coach in women’s basketball history to guide a team to five consecutive Final Four appearances. He is a seven-time national coach-of-the-year and has been named Big East coach-of-the-year eight times.
His 24-year overall record is 796-122. This represents the best winning percentage (.851) among active Division I coaches.
