there are distractions they might earn
“The Emily K clinic
According to Heather Hindin,
points for Respect. Each week these the Coordinator of Educational
points are counted and the students
was extremely
Programming, “There is natural
set new goals for themselves. After
rewarding for me. The
connection between the Duke
reaching a certain number of points,
kids really had a good
Women’s Basketball team’s core
students receive special prizes like
time and they were
values and what our Pioneer Scholars
a Duke T-shirt or a copy of the Duke
such great listeners.
students study at the Center. Having
Men’s Basketball Yearbook. these student-athletes as leadership
For our older students, however,
I felt they all worked
role models really drives home the
they are also working towards two top
hard and that made
importance of making good choices in
prizes. After 125 points they earned
it so exciting for me.
life and pursuing opportunities while
an invitation to a special basketball
I am so happy that I
also focusing on education.”
clinic led by the Duke Women’s team
got the opportunity
Caitlin knows that between now
and at 500 they will earn tickets to and March she will need to make
an opening round Women’s NCAA
to work with such
all the right choices to ensure that
tournament game at Cameron.
great individuals.”
she has enough Pillar Points to
The first of these rewards was the
Sophomore Kathleen
attend a tournament game. She’s
clinic held on December 19th. Caitlin
Scheer
working hard to make sure she’ll be in
and nine other highly motivated Cameron to cheer for her heroes and
students who had earned the required dream about being on that court in a
number of points got a once-in-a-lifetime chance to learn few years. She also knows that she will need to continue
from the best. For two hours, Caitlin was in heaven. She making the right choices in school and in life to reach
was running drills with Chelsea and Shay, listening to her goal of playing, coaching, or working for the WNBA.
Alexis and Allison talk about how they made it to Duke, Thanks to the Emily K Center and Duke Women’s
and getting autographs from Kathleen and Janee. Basketball, she’s not leaving that destiny up to chance.
For more information on the Emily K Center, please visit EmilyK.org
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