Charlotte, Oct. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CORRECTION: Ogwumike’s remaining quote was corrected for readability.
Today, Girls on the Run International, a nonprofit that empowers younger women, introduced that Stanford University graduate and WNBA star Nneka Ogwumike will be a part of its management workforce. Ogwumike (pronounced Ah-gwoo-ma-kay) performs for the Los Angeles Sparks and serves as the president of the Women’s National Basketball Players Association. Now she is going to mix her star energy from on and off the court docket to serve Girls on the Run International as a member of the board of administrators beginning October 1, 2022.
“At 6 feet 2 inches, girls literally and figuratively look up to Nneka. She is a tremendous role model and embodies so many of the things we reinforce in our curriculum: leadership, teamwork, resilience and confidence,” mentioned Elizabeth Kunz, CEO of Girls on the Run International. “She has done so much for our organization over the years, and she brings both her head and heart to our mission. Now our board, our entire organization and the hundreds of thousands of girls we serve every year will benefit from her perspective and leadership.”
Ogwumike has already been generously supporting Girls on the Run (GOTR) for 3 years. In 2019, she cheered on contributors at end-of-season 5K occasions for the Girls on the Run councils in Charlotte, N.C., and Los Angeles. When the world was sidelined early in the pandemic, she created a GOTR at Home video throughout the spring 2020 season. In 2021, she helped garner a $50,000 donation from Pepsi for GOTR Los Angeles and in addition participated as a panelist at GOTR’s twenty fifth Birthday occasion which raised greater than $250,000.
“I’m incredibly honored to join the Girls on the Run board of directors. I do what I do today thanks to role models before me – role models who looked like me, and opened my mind and heart to the many possibilities to be phenomenal. I hope in my own way as an athlete and an advocate, I’m able to serve as a role model for young aspirers also looking to see, relate and ultimately be empowered to be great,” mentioned Ogwumike.
Ogwumike graduated from Stanford University in 2012 and was the first total choose in the WNBA draft that yr. She simply completed her tenth season as an influence ahead with the Los Angeles Sparks. In 2016, she led the Sparks to the WNBA championship and was named the 2016 WNBA Most Valuable Player. Ogwumike was elected president of the WNBA Players Association in 2016 and was re-elected to a brand new three-year time period in 2019. In 2021, the WNBA’s twenty fifth season, she was named to The W25 as one of the high 25 gamers in league historical past.
Her success each on and off the court docket make her a unbelievable workforce and board member. Sports assist develop management expertise comparable to workforce constructing, decision-making, communication and self-discipline, amongst others. According to analysis, 54% of women report elevated management expertise as one of the high advantages of taking part in sports activities. For instance, one 2013 survey that studied 821 high feminine executives discovered that 90% of them had performed sports activities at some stage whereas rising up. That proportion grew to 96% if the ladies had been now CEOs.
Girls on the Run helps women develop in confidence and grow to be leaders identical to Nneka Ogwumike. Its packages have a confirmed affect with 97% of contributors saying they discovered important life expertise from the research-based curriculum. From elevated bodily exercise to character improvement, GOTR women expertise life-changing optimistic results.
Ogwumike added, “There is no box that is big enough to contain the potential of these girls. By being involved with Girls on the Run, I want to play a part in reminding them of that, so they can go wherever they want to go and be whoever they want to be.”
About Girls on the Run
Girls on the Run International (GOTRI) designs programming that strengthens third- to eighthgrade women’ social, emotional, bodily, and behavioral expertise to efficiently navigate life experiences. Each yr, greater than 200,000 women ages eight to 13 take part in communities in the United States and Canada. More than 2 million women have participated in the program because it launched in 1996. The curriculum reaches women at a important stage, strengthening their confidence at a time when society begins to inform them they’ll’t. Underscoring the vital connection between bodily and emotional well being, the program addresses the complete lady when she wants it the most. Results present GOTRI packages encourage and empower women to construct wholesome bodily and psychological habits that final lengthy past the program. According to a longitudinal research performed by The University of Minnesota, 97% of Girls on the Run contributors mentioned they study important life expertise together with resolving battle, serving to others or making intentional choices; and 94% of mother and father reported it was a helpful expertise for his or her lady. To study extra about this worldwide nonprofit, go to www.girlsontherun.org
- Nneka Ogwumike attends the Girls on the Run 2019 spring 5K celebration in Los Angeles.
- Nneka Ogwumike at 2019 spring Girls on the Run 5K celebration in Los Angeles.
