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THE SKIP PROSSER FOUNDATION
Nov. 9, 2011
THE 2nd ANNUAL SHOTS FROM THE HEART TOURNAMENT
Big name coaches highlight the free-throw shooting contest to
benefit Skip Prosser Foundation
BOSTON (MA) -- The participants for the 2nd Annual Shots from
the Heart tournament, presented by CollegeInsider.com, were
announced on Wednesday.
John Beilein (Michigan) Mike Brey (Notre Dame), Johnny Dawkins
(Stanford), Matt Doherty (SMU), Steve Donahue (Boston College),
Travis Ford (Oklahoma State), Mark Gottfried (NC State), Anthony
Grant (Alabama), Seth Greenberg (Virginia Tech), Fred Hoiberg
(Iowa State), Andy Kennedy (Ole Miss), Jim Larranaga (Miami),
Jeff Lebo (East Carolina), Chris Mack (Xavier), Sean Miller
(Arizona), Josh Pastner (Memphis), Buzz Peterson (UNC-Wilmington),
Dave Rice (UNLV), Mike Rice (Rutgers), Bill Self (Kansas), Brad
Stevens (Butler) and Bruce Weber (Illinois) are among the
college basketball coaches that will compete in the free-throw
shooting contest to help raise awareness for the growing problem
of heart disease.
The event, which also includes a tournament for assistant
coaches, will benefit the Skip Prosser Foundation. The former
Wake Forest head coach passed away on July 26, 2007 of a heart
attack.
"I am honored to be involved in this event and to be part of the
Skip Prosser Foundation," says Virginia Tech head coach Seth
Greenberg. "We have all been touched by heart disease in one way
or another and this is a great way in which to create awareness
and educate people of this crippling and potentially fatal
condition. It's also a way to carry on the legacy of Skip
Prosser who was a great friend to the coaching profession."
Coaches will not have to actually compete against each other on
the same court. Each coach will shoot 25 free throws at his
convenience. A member of the athletic department will tally the
results and the coach with the most points would advance. Shots
1-10 are worth 1 point, 11-15 are worth 2 points, 16-20 are
worth 3 points, 21-24 are worth 4 points and shot 25 is worth 5
points.
"The idea was to create awareness for heart disease through
competition," says CollegeInsider.com co-founder Angela Lento.
"We wanted to create something that coaches could have fun with.
The fun but competitive nature of this event is something that I
am sure coach Prosser would have enjoyed."
The American Heart Association is also part of the event and is
one of the beneficiaries of the Skip Prosser Foundation, which
was established in 2011.
Skip Prosser spent 21 years as collegiate head coach at Loyola
(MD), Xavier and Wake Forest. He made 18 postseason appearances
and is the only coach in NCAA history to take three separate
schools to the NCAA Tournament in his first year coaching the
teams. In 2008 CollegeInsider.com created the Skip Prosser Man
of the Year Award, which is given annually to the coach who not
only achieves success on the basketball court but who also
displays moral integrity off the court as well.
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