FAIRFAX, Va. - Three high school volleyball players were announced by The Side-Out Foundation and American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) as winners of the 2017 Side-Out/AVCA National Dig Pink® Award at the AVCA All-America/Players of the Year Banquet. A four-person review board evaluated each application and AVCA and
Growing up I was never the one to play many sports. It always took me the longest to run just one mile in gym class, typically coming in last at around fifteen minutes. I remember trying out ice skating as a kid but never felt that it was right for
Over the course of the past ten months, I spent a generous amount of time dedicated to organizing a volleyball tournament with an immense amount of support from my peers and coaches, as well as a tremendous measure of help and guidance from my mother. Through a long but educational
My name is Katarina Hackel and I am the Dig Pink ambassador for the Joel Barlow girl’s volleyball team 2016. My experience with this organization started off the same as all of my peers: I was handed a form that read “Dig Pink”, I participated in the game, and
A few years ago, while waiting for my yoga class to start at the local community center, I overheard some children expressing joy over free snack bars they received from the desk attendant: “We’re the luckiest kids in the world!” they yelled. I laughed to myself and thought “they
Dig Pink®. Clever phrase. Dig: volleyball term to describe a defensive maneuver when being attacked by the opposing team Pink: a “girly” color; often associated with the ribbon color to represent breast cancer awareness August of 2008. I was simply checking my emails before prepping for my first days of
For years, The John Cooper School’s (located in Woodlands, TX) varsity volleyball team has organized a Dig Pink® event benefiting The Side-Out foundation. What began as a simple, pink-themed match has developed into one of the biggest events on our campus, as well as one of the most successful
Dogs have always held a special place in my heart and in my home. When I left to attend college, I felt incomplete without the company of my two dogs, Sherlock and Agatha. I volunteered at the local animal shelter and on a farm that had multiple horses, twelve dogs,
It’s that time of year again… time to start planning for your Dig Pink®! If you’ve done this before, you know what a breeze it is to plan and execute your rally match. If you haven’t done a Dig Pink® match with us before, worry not! Here’
There seems to be little connection between volleyball and breast cancer, and yet they are inextricably linked in my life. It was my breast cancer diagnosis that led me to the magic of team sports and a new life. Without my daughter's love for volleyball, there would be
ATTITUDE: A positive mental attitude is the key to success in any phase of life. Those Dreaded Words I never thought much of those words until I heard the words “you have breast cancer”. I used to say those motivational words to my volleyball athletes all the time along with
This year, Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, NJ is holding their 8th Dig Pink® Rally! Over the years, they have raised over $34,000 for The Side-Out Foundation, an effort spearheaded by one woman. In fact, she organized every Dig Pink® event but one. She was too sick this
