I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving. My husband and I spent the week in Boca Raton, Florida with the Ole Miss team. We had a tournament at FAU (Florida Atlantic University) and we won the tourney!!
Now we are back at home enjoying our house. Yes, my husband and I built a house! We were able to move in together right after the honeymoon. My house is about 45 minutes from Oxford where the Ole Miss campus is located. I do drive back and forth every day to work.
I am still working out with the girls every day and on the road I am on the scout team… lol. We travel again on Tuesday to Little Rock, Arkansas for our next game. So in the month of November, we are 5-1. Hopefully in December we can be undefeated! Well that’s all I have this time fans.
It’s been a busy offseason for me. As some of you might know, I got married last month. Well the wedding was great! I didn’t think the rain was going to hold up but it did. About 500 people showed up and everything was perfect. We had the reception in a tent outside and it was beautiful.
After the wedding, we headed to the West Indies island of St. Maarten for our honeymoon. It was wonderful! Then I was back to work at Ole Miss, moving into my office. If you don’t know already, this is my first season as an assistant coach on the staff. I have been working out with the girls every day and I lift weights with them as well. Recently I scouted my first exhibition game and we won! So I was excited about that. I was very nervous but I think I am getting the hang of things.
We had our first game on Friday and we won, so the season is off to a good start. I am looking forward to meeting with the “Shot Doctor,” as they call him, next month to get my shooting skills where they need to be.
I am still waiting for our professional pictures from the wedding, but I’m sharing some that my sister took with her camera.
Kathy Betty, a prominent Atlanta businesswoman and sports advocate, will become the new managing partner of the Atlanta Dream pending WNBA Board of Governors approval, league President Donna Orender announced today. The team will be owned by Dream Too, LLC, an investment group led by Betty.
“I am confident Kathy’s passion for the game and the Atlanta community, as well as her vision for the Dream, will ensure that the team continues to build on its strong start,” said Orender. “Atlanta has been a great market, and Lisa Borders has been a constant ambassador. We look forward to building upon the success the team enjoyed both on and off the court this past season. At the same time, on behalf of the league, I want to extend our thanks to Ron Terwilliger for helping bring the WNBA to Atlanta in 2007.”
In addition to serving as the CEO of the Garry Betty Foundation, established by her late husband Garry Betty, former Earthlink CEO, to fund cancer research, Betty is a former partner with Ernst & Young and previously served as the Executive Vice President of Scott Madden, Inc., an Atlanta-based management consulting firm. Betty has compiled a lengthy track record of business success and community involvement. She also is a major contributor to Georgia Tech’s men’s and women’s basketball programs.
“The opportunity to own the Dream, which is all about providing accessible and affordable world-class entertainment for the families of Atlanta, is what excites me,” said Betty. “In addition, the fact that these women serve as role models for youth, and especially young girls, is something I feel strongly about.
“I want to personally thank Lisa Borders for her diligent work in saving the Dream. The Dream belongs in Atlanta. Lisa understands that and so do I. In the midst of a tough political campaign, she carved out time to bring sponsorships to the table and find investors who will make the Dream a continued reality for the staff, players and, of course, our fans.”
In 2009, the Dream recorded the second-largest one-year turnaround in WNBA history, finishing with an 18-16 record after going 4-30 in its inaugural campaign in 2008 to earn the second seed in the Eastern Conference and their first-ever WNBA Playoff berth. Forward Angel McCoughtry, the top pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft quickly emerged as a star and earned adidas Rookie of the Year honors, while Marynell Meadors was named WNBA Coach of the Year this past season.
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