Colorado University Athletics
Buffs Host Fifth Annual One-On-One Event
November 04, 2015 | Women's Basketball
BOULDER – The University of Colorado women's basketball team welcomed fans to the Coors Events Center on Tuesday evening for its fifth annual One-On-One event.
A favorite among many, the premise of the One-On-One event is to have each student-athlete pair up with a prominent female member of the university's faculty/staff and get to know them outside of a classroom or office setting. The pairs then introduce each other to fans in attendance for the main program.
The campus leaders participating this year included department directors, professors and PhD candidates.
Student-athletes and their presenters first sat down at a team dinner to learn about one another. After the dinner concluded, the public event began with a reception where players, the coaching staff and campus leaders greeted the fans in attendance. Former head coach Ceal Barry, who held a similar event during her tenure, served as the event's emcee and brought each player and presenter to the stage.
Each presenter introduced their student-athlete and what they learned about them before asking a question for the player to answer. Questions included everything from a fun, light-hearted “if you take a trip anywhere in the world where would you go?” to “if you had the choice to eliminate either world hunger or all types of discrimination what would you choose?”
“I had a great time,” said freshman Kennedy Leonard as she thanked her presenter Cindy Pickett, senior executive aide to the senior vice chancellor & CFO.
The evening was filled with quite a few laughs and entertainment, especially when the student-athletes took the mic to answer the questions, which allowed their personality to shine through. The event also allowed the fans in attendance to get to know each student-athlete a little bit better as some presenters talked about each players' favorite hobbies, goals after college among other topics.
The program closed with head coach Linda Lappe thanking the campus leaders for their continued support and involvement with the event and fans for coming to support the team ahead of tip off to the 2015-16 season.
Below is a list of the campus leaders who participated and the student-athlete they were paired with:
Priscilla Craven, Italian Language Program Coordinator and Director of Maymester in Rome – Redshirt sophomore guard Ariana Freeman
Amy Dickinson, Associate Professor at Southwest Acupuncture College – Student athletic trainer Zoe Roth
Carmen Grace, Director of the French Language Program – Junior guard Haley Smith
Cynthia Husek, Associate Vice Chancellor for the Office of Performance Improvement – Junior guard Lauren Huggins
Caitlin O'Donnell, Investigator for the Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance – Freshman forward Monica Burich
Tawanda Owens, Associate Director Training and Programming – Junior forward Zoe Beard-Fails
Cindy Pickett, Senior Executive Aide to the Senior Vice Chancellor & CFO – Freshman guard Kennedy Leonard
Dr. Lori Poole, Lecturer – Freshman forward Makenzie Ellis
Leticia Sanchez, Director of Leadership Studies and Community Partnerships – Freshman guard Alexis Robinson
Beth Whalley, Graduate Instructor & PhD Candidate in Sociology – Senior forward Jamee Swan
Alexis Williams, Assistant Athletic Director, Ticket Operations, Sales and Service – Sophomore guard Brecca Thomas
Dr. Jenny Withycombe, Instructor of Critical Sports Studies – Sophomore center Zoe Correal
