FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 31, 2014
Courtesy of New Haven Athletics Communications
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - On Monday
afternoon, the University of New Haven women's basketball team
volunteered at the Southern Connecticut Conference Unified Sports
basketball tournament at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New
Haven. The Chargers served as team captains and coaches for the
event.
Unified Sports is a worldwide Special Olympics program that uses
athletics to promote an environment of social inclusion and
acceptance. Teams are created from approximately equal numbers of
individuals of similar age and ability both with and without
intellectual disabilities.
Students from 14 area high schools each played in four 15-minute
basketball games and received participation medals from the
Southern Connecticut Conference. Every team was assigned a Charger
student-athlete or staff member to serve as a team captain,
providing encouragement and assistance throughout the
afternoon.
The University of New Haven Department of Athletics is dedicated
to serving its campus, local, national and global communities. In
concert with the NCAA Division II initiative of service as one of
the six key attributes that summarize the Division II
student-athlete experience, all Charger athletic programs will
perform community service throughout the 2013-14 academic year. New
Haven student-athletes compete annually for the Charger Cup, which
aggregates each team's athletic, academic and service
achievements.
