THIS is my high school basketball Coach…Vanessa Villarreal!!! She just returned from Africa where she was given the amazing opportunity to share the love of basketball like she did with me. Although it was so impactful, unfortunately she learned many youth do not have access to…

A recap of our recent project in Zambia in collaboration with World Learning — check it out! 🇿🇲🏀🇺🇸🌍 #SportsDiplomacy #UnitedWeHoop

Picked up a little wisdom this morning in Zambia.
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Humbled and honored to meet some incredible human beings at the Fountain of Hope this morning in Lusaka.
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TY to the The Basketball Embassy for allowing me & my Trinity University colleagues to engage with delegates from around the globe. Talking about #leadership & program design with 10 amazing friends from Zambia was such an honor & privilege. The power of #SportsDiplomacy was on full display!

Thanks for having us!
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Awesome experience presenting leadership & program design principles Trinity University w/Trinity University Department of Education MA in Teaching students & faculty/ ISA Globies Yvette Peña Cook & #SPMT Jacob Tingle & em (also 6 @TriyUAlumni) for Zambian delegation led by The Basketball Embassy,Chris Dial & World Learning

A impactful conversation about the fundamentals of leadership led by Jacob Tingle and learning new ways to approach program design from Angela Breidenstein, along with MAT students and staff. Thank you for the knowledge and insight you provided to our delegation from Zambia… 🤩

Exciting morning hanging out with Coach Dial, the The Basketball Embassy & the Zambian Delegation group. A tour of Trinity & a social media lesson. Great stuff!

A visit to UIW to engage with Randall Griffiths & UIW ATHLETICS about the integral part volunteerism and service play in being a student-athlete at UIW.

Thank you Morgan's Wonderland for welcoming our delegation from Zambia with some adaptive basketball! Special shoutout to Audrey Sutterfield & Brooke Matula for all of their help in making this possible.

Tommie Law🅿️ , Paul Minjoth and Ollie demonstrating with Dr. Ellis for our new friends from Zambia.
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Jefferson Basketball Head Coach Art Vela and his staff taking some time to chop it up with our Coaches from Zambia. One of the best in the business!
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Dr. Crooms Trinity University welcoming our friends from Zambia... talking shop on activating global champions!
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Haley Holzem , OLLUSaintsAthletics Asst. Athletic Director shares with Zambian Coaches on the history and importance of TitleIX.
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Our friends from Zambia have arrived! Hanging with Coach Ellis and Coach Dial
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Grateful to Chris Dial of the The Basketball Embassy for speaking with the Trinity University #SportInEngland class about his perceptions (as a hoops coach) of referee abuse and especially abuse heaped on female sports officials. His message: organizational leadership matters. #RefereeAbuse

Today, Dec. 21, 2023, we celebrate the first-ever World Basketball Day. On this inaugural commemoration, I am joining millions of basketball fans in Africa and around the world to honor a sport that has inspired people globally.

I make a monthly donation to The Basketball Embassy because I have seen and experienced their work & the work of Chris Dial & em in San Antonio with local & international youth and communities as well as internationally. #GivingTuesday #SportDiplomacy

This #GivingTuesday , please consider making a donation to The Basketball Embassy. I'm on the board and wholeheartedly support the work The Basketball Embassy does with youth in San Antonio and around the globe. Your support at any level makes a huge difference to this small nonprofit.