Women's Basketball | 1/28/2019 3:21:00 PM
Columbia, Mo. – Columbia College women's basketball player Alexis Uffmann has been an outstanding leader for the Cougar squad during her four years in the program. Uffmann truly embraces and demonstrates what it means to play for something bigger than yourself. Her dedication and heart have propelled her to a top notch career as a Cougar. She does a lot of those little things that may not get recorded on a stat sheet, but do not go unnoticed by her teammates and coaches. Uffmann is a natural born floor general and her teammates have full trust in her. "We put a lot of decisions in her hands, and it is very rare for her to not execute," says head coach Taylor Possail. "It might be an overused term – every coach likes to say they have a coach on the floor – but with her, I think it's more of a reality. Her teammates really look up to her and respond to her."
As Uffmann's senior year is nearing a close, she is thinking about the future she wants for herself after she has to hang up her jersey. Alexis, a Sports Management major with a Secondary Education minor, will graduate at the end of April and has decided to take her exemplary leadership skills and basketball IQ and work towards being a coach.
Recently Uffmann has applied and been accepted to the 2019 Class for the 'So You Want to be a Coach' Program where only 60 female collegiate basketball players from across the nation were selected. She will attend the "So You Want to Be a Coach" event put on by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) at the NCAA Women's Final Four in Tampa, Florida, this April. The objectives of the "So" program are to increase the understanding and application of skills necessary to secure coaching positions in women's basketball, increase the understanding and awareness of competencies necessary for success in coaching, introduce female basketball players to coaches and administrators, and raise awareness of the existing talent pool of female basketball players who have a passion and interest in coaching the game of women's basketball.
"I can't wait for this opportunity to grow in my knowledge of the game and tie that new knowledge together with all of the life lessons and values I have learned from my past and present coaches over the years," said Uffmann. "I'm very hopeful that by doing this, I will have the necessary tools to embark on my coaching journey at the Graduate Assistant level next year."
