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New York Liberty Launch Summer Tip Off, Presented by Chase

June 2, 2015 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
New York Liberty News Release


NEW YORK, NY - June 2, 2015 - The New York Liberty will kick off a new season of WNBA Basketball with the Summer Tip Off, presented by Chase, a community initiative that will serve over a thousand youth throughout all five New York City boroughs and New Jersey as a part of WNBA Cares Week. On Wednesday, June 3, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Liberty players, coaches, and alumni will attend eleven free basketball clinics featuring 50-100 coed youth per location.

Summer Tip Off, presented by Chase, is being conducted in collaboration with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. The Liberty will select one participant from each Summer Tip Off location as the MVP of the Clinic and honor them on court at a future Liberty game. All clinic participants and staff will receive tickets to attend the Liberty home opener on Friday, June 5 against the Atlanta Dream.

The Summer Tip Off will provide several Liberty players a chance to directly impact their hometown communities. Center Tina Charles, a Queens, N.Y. native will appear at Bayswater Park, and guard Essence Carson will be at Eastside High School, which she attended in Paterson, N.J. Guard Tanisha Wright was born in Brooklyn, and along with Liberty legend Teresa Weatherspoon, will hold a clinic at Vincent Abate Playground at McCarren Park.

Additionally, the Liberty will visit Queens City Academy Charter School in Plainfield, N.J., where during NBA Cares Week last fall the New York Knicks and Chase completed a court and KaBOOM Playground build as part of the Basketball in the Boroughs and Beyond. Chase's support of Summer Tip Off is an extension of Basketball in the Boroughs and Beyond program, a community initiative in partnership with the Knicks that serves thousands of youth within the Tri-State area annually.

Below is a schedule of events for Summer Tip Off, presented by Chase:

St. Mary's East Playground - Bronx

Brittany Boyd, Liberty guard

Katie Smith, Liberty assistant coach

West Bronx Recreation Center - Bronx

Carolyn Swords, Liberty center

Kym Hampton, Liberty legend

Vincent Abate Playground at McCarren Park - Brooklyn

Tanisha Wright, Liberty guard

Teresa Weatherspoon, Liberty legend

St. John's Recreation Center - Brooklyn

Kiah Stokes, Liberty center

Martin Luther King Playground - Manhattan

Swin Cash, Liberty forward

Bill Laimbeer, Liberty head coach

Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center - Manhattan

Candice Wiggins, Liberty guard

Herb Williams, Liberty assistant coach

Hoffman Park - Queens

Rebecca Allen, Liberty forward

Bayswater Park - Queens

Tina Charles, Liberty center

Mahoney Park - Staten Island

Avery Warley, Liberty center

Sue Wicks, Liberty legend

Eastside High School - Paterson, New Jersey

Essence Carson, Liberty guard

Queens City Academy Charter School - Plainfield, New Jersey

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