DOMINICAN COLLEGE "PLAYS 4 KAY" ON FEBRUARY 18TH

Orangeburg, NY (2/17/12) The Dominican College department of athletics will sponsor "Play 4 Kay" Day during the home basketball doubleheader on February 18th at the Hennessy Center against the Holy Family University, joining the national initiative by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).

DOMINICAN COLLEGE "PLAYS 4 KAY" ON FEBRUARY 18TH

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February 17, 2012

Orangeburg, NY (2/17/12)  The Dominican College department of athletics will sponsor "Play 4 Kay" Day during the home basketball doubleheader on February 18th at the Hennessy Center against the Holy Family University, joining the national initiative by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).

Play 4 Kay, named for longtime North Carolina State University women's basketball coach Kay Yow, exists to raise awareness and funds for research of women's cancers. Its official charity is the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Yow twice successfully battled breast cancer before succumbing to the disease in 2009.

On DC's Play 4 Kay Day, the Dominican women's and men's basketball teams will wear pink T-shirts during pre-game warm-ups.  Anyone attending the games is encouraged to wear pink, the color of the official breast cancer ribbon.

The women's game starts at 1 pm on Feb. 18, with the men's game following at 3 pm. Throughout the afternoon, athletics department representatives will be soliciting donations for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

The Play 4 Kay (formerly Pink Zone) initiative is a global, unified effort to assist in raising awareness for women's cancers on the basketball court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. More than 1,300 schools and organizations are involved. More information is available at www.play4kay.org.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.