Mission

The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund? is a 501 c(3) charitable organization committed to being a part of finding an answer in the fight against women's cancers through raising money for scientific research, assisting the underserved and unifying people for a common cause.

Meet Kay Yow

Kay Yow, North Carolina State University head women's basketball coach, is a past president and founding member of theWomen's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), and a galvanizing voice for the Association.Yow was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987, and is currently battling the disease for the third time. In her 38 years as a head coach at the college-level, Yow is one of only six Division I head women's basketball mentors to achieve 700 career victories. Yow was also the head coach of the 1988 US Olympic Team that won the gold medal in Seoul. Click here for complete biography.

History

The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund? was announced on December 3, 2007, during the Jimmy V Classic. The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund?, in partnership with The V Foundation for Cancer Research, will raise money in the fight against women's cancers. It was appropriate to announce this Fund during the Jimmy V Classic because of the connection between Jim Valvano, former North Carolina State men's head basketball coach, and Kay Yow, North Carolina State women's basketball coach.