In early December, a group of middle schoolers from across North Carolina were showered with cheers and applause from a sold-out crowd at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh. Just five months ago they were on this very court, practicing and playing alongside the Wolfpack Women’s basketball team.
“Sophie had an amazing experience at basketball camp last summer, and was so excited to be recognized on the court alongside her fellow scholarship winners and attend her first women’s college basketball game,” said Denise Hodes, whose daughter Sophie was selected for a camp scholarship by Monroe-based Union Power Cooperative.
For more than 20 years, North Carolina’s 26 not-for-profit electric cooperatives have awarded scholarships to young women to attend the Wolfpack Women’s Basketball Camp. North Carolina’s electric cooperatives also partner with the UNC Men’s Basketball team to send middle school students to their annual Carolina Basketball School each summer.
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