Grand Valley to host middle school students for Girls in Sports Day

ALLENDALE, Mich. -- Middle school girls from throughout the area are invited to meet and learn from Grand Valley State University student-athletes, then attend a Laker women's basketball game in February.

Girls and Women in Sports Day, February 21, is sponsored by Grand Valley’s Women's Center. A grant from the Nokomis Foundation makes the event free for participants. About 300 students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades are expected.

The day will begin at 3 p.m. in the Fieldhouse Arena on GVSU's Allendale Campus. After registration, participants will go to their choice of sports skills clinics: soccer, volleyball and basketball. Clinics will be led by Grand Valley student-athletes and students from the movement science department. A lunch will be handed out at 5:45 p.m., before the group heads to the Laker basketball game against Saginaw Valley State. An autograph session with the Laker women's basketball team concludes the day at 8 p.m.

Schools interested in participating are asked to call JoAnn Wassenaar, associate director of the Women's Center, at (616) 331-2748.