#WomenSupportingWomen: First Lady & Co. cheer on 91成人导航 women鈥檚 basketball

Nov 15, 2023
women cheering on women's basketball team

Women leaders from the campus and community cheer on the Tigers during a game against Yale Nov. 20, 2023.

First Lady Jean Callahan is rallying women leaders from campus and community to support the 91成人导航 Tigers women鈥檚 basketball team.

A big fan of coach Bradley Davis鈥檚 team since her arrival at 91成人导航 in 2020, Callahan has created a special section adjacent to the baseline on the home team side of the Alex G. Spanos Center.

She invites women leaders from the university and the community to a pre-game reception at the President鈥檚 Residence before heading over to cheer on the Tigers.

鈥淚t鈥檚 important for women leaders of today to support our women leaders of tomorrow,鈥� Callahan said. 鈥淲e have amazing students, and the players on this team are fantastic representatives of the entire 91成人导航 student body. These scholar-athletes are smart, passionate, positive, caring and focus on the team instead of individual accolades. They represent the great diversity of our university in every way鈥搒ocioeconomic background, ethnicity and geography.鈥�

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First Lady Jean Callahan (front row, right) with other women leaders from the campus and community at a women's basketball game Nov. 20, 2023.聽

The 15-player squad has student-athletes from five states and four countries enrolled in 12 majors鈥攂iology, business analytics, civil engineering, communications, English, health and exercise science, marketing, media, music industry, political science, psychology and sociology.

The Tigers had a 3.6 combined GPA last semester, with 12 players on the West Coast Conference Commissioner鈥檚 Honor Roll and five on the WCC All-Academic Team.

Callahan rolled out the #WomenSupportingWomen program for the Nov. 10 season opener, which the Tigers won 73-57 over CSU Fullerton. The following home games have been designated for the First Lady鈥檚 new initiative:

  • 20 vs. Yale (Monday, 5:30 p.m.)
  • 20 vs. Pepperdine (Saturday, 6 p.m.)
  • 25 vs. St. Mary鈥檚 (Thursday, 6 p.m.)
  • 15 vs. Portland (Thursday, 6 p.m.)
  • 17 vs. Gonzaga (Saturday, 2 p.m.)
  • 29 vs. San Diego (Thursday, 6 p.m.)
  • March 2 vs. Santa Clara (Saturday, 2 p.m.)

鈥淭he unwavering support of Mrs. Callahan has been a powerful and ever-growing force felt by every single one of us,鈥� said Rosie Schweizer 鈥�24, a senior political science major from Australia who is president of the 91成人导航 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and on the WCC All-Academic First Team.

鈥淲e are grateful to have her in our corner and incredibly excited that her passion and enthusiasm for women鈥檚 basketball is helping strengthen our community and fan base,鈥� Schweizer added. 鈥淗aving strong women to look up to and aid us in our pursuits鈥攁cademically, athletically and in our broader lives鈥攊s a fabulous endeavor that we are lucky to experience.鈥�

Coach Davis said that in addition to competitive and athletic success, 鈥渙ne of our main priorities as a coaching staff is to surround the women of 91成人导航 Women鈥檚 Basketball with great people.鈥�

鈥淭his obviously starts with our staff and our players, but at a place like 91成人导航 it extends to the university community and Stockton area in a way that supports our student athletes as future leaders in their fields,鈥� he said. 鈥淔irst Lady Jean Callahan鈥檚 #WomenSupportingWomen program is an amazing opportunity to support future women leaders鈥攁nd to have some fun in the process.鈥�

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