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April 6,
2010
Connie Yori recipient of 2010 Kay Yow Award
 BOSTON
(MA) -- The accolades just keep coming in for
Nebraska women’s head coach Connie Yori. After
winning WBCA National Coach of the Year and the
USBWA Coach of the Year Award, she is also the
recipient of the inaugural Kay Yow Award.
Yori concluded her eighth campaign at Nebraska by
leading the Huskers to a 32-2 overall record that
included a perfect 29-0 regular season mark.
Nebraska's 30-game winning streak this season
surpassed the school's previous best of nine
straight wins set back in the 1996-97 season.
Yori coached the Huskers to a No. 1 seed in the NCAA
Tournament, after winning the league title in the
nation's No. 1 RPI conference. Although the Nebraska
was knocked out of the tournament by Kentucky,
Yori's squad defeated both of the Big 12's
representatives in the NCAA Women's Final Four -
Baylor and Oklahoma - on the road during the regular
season.
The Kay Yow Award was established this year to honor
the Division I women’s head coach who embodies not
only a winning spirit but who also displays great
character both on and off the court.
Yow was a coaching legend who led NC State to 737
wins during her 34 seasons at the school. She was
wildly successful in every forum in which she
coached, leading gold medal winners at the 1981
World University Games, the 1986 Goodwill Games,
1986 World Championship Games and the 1988 Olympic
Games.
KAY YOW
AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE
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Debbie Antonelli |
College Basketball Analyst |
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Gary Blair |
Texas A&M University |
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Pam Borton |
University of Minnesota |
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Joanne Boyle |
University of California Berkley |
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Nikki Caldwell |
UCLA |
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Kristy Curry |
Texas Tech University |
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Lin Dunn |
Indiana Fever |
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Joe Dwyer |
CollegeInsider.com |
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Stephanie Glance |
University of Tennessee |
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Shimmy Gray |
Saint Louis University |
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Dru Hancock |
Big 12 Conference |
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Dan Hughes |
San Antonio Silver Stars |
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Wendy Larry |
Old Dominion University |
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Angela Lento |
CollegeInsider.com |
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Joe McKeown |
Northwestern University |
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Cristy McKinney |
Clemson University |
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Dr. M. Dianne Murphy |
Columbia University |
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Carolyn Peck |
ESPN |
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Debbie Ryan |
University of Virginia |
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Marsha Sharp |
Kay Yow/WBCA Fund |
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Dawn Staley |
University of South Carolina |
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Dee Stokes |
CollegeInsider.com |
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Holly Warlick |
University of Tennessee |
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Debbie Yow |
University of Maryland |
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Ronnie Yow |
Kay Yow/WBCA Fund |
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Susan Yow |
Belmont Abbey College |
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