DeForest Day School Assembly Honors Kjersten Bakke
February 21, 2006 | Women's Basketball
The Badger women's basketball team will be making two appearances at the DeForest Area Middle School from 2:30-3:10 today and Thursday as part of the DeForest Day Promotion which honors UW senior forward Kjersten Bakke.
Bakke, a graduate of DeForest High School, Bucky Badger, and several team members will attend a school assembly each day. The team talks with the students about such topics as drug/alcholho/smoke-free life style, and the importance of academics, goal setting and making good choices, dealing with frustration, and other topics of interest to the school population.
In addition to the team-led discussion, the middle school band will play "On Wisconsin" to open the program, and the middle school teachers will get into the act by playing a shooting game of 'B-u-c-k-y' (aka horse) with the women's basketball players.
The event is sponsored by the UW Athletics program. Designated days have also included Mt. Horeb Day with freshman Brittany Cannon featured, and Oregon Day where coach Lisa Stone and assistant coach Donna Freitag went to school.
The players attending today's assembly include Kjersten Bakke, Brittany Cannon, Shari Welton, Jolene Anderson, Chris Spencer. On Thursday the following UW players will attend: Kjersten Bakke, Caitlin Gibson, Ashley Josephson, Janese Banks, Jolene Anderson, and Shari Welton,
The women's team wraps up the regular season this Sunday at 7 p.m. when Purdue visits the Kohl Center. Tickets for that game are available in advance or general admission at the door for $7 for adults, and $3 for seniors and youth.
