ATLANTA—South Dakota sixth-year senior Madison Grange has been selected to the 2024 'So You Want To Be A Coach' program by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association in partnership with WeCOACH.
 
Grange is one of 55 senior women's basketball players selected to the WBCA program in its 21st season. She will participate in a two-day workshop held April 4-5 during the WBCA Convention and the NCAA Women's Final Four in Cleveland.
 
"I'm really excited and honored to have this opportunity to be a part of the 'So You Want To Be A Coach' program!" said Grange. "I am really excited to learn from the speakers and the college coaches that will be there to learn more about their approaches to coaching players and their on-court philosophies. I'm also excited for the networking opportunities and meeting the other players in the program.
 
"It was hard to be sidelined by injury in the last year and not be able to play with my team. But the silver lining has been learning to see things from a different perspective and watching the game from the sidelines, which will help me for a coaching job in the future. I want to be a part of the game for as long as I can and I think coaching will give me a great opportunity to do so. I want to have a positive impact on girls on and off the court, like the coaches in my career have done for me!"
 
The objectives of the 'So You Want To Be A Coach' program are to increase the understanding and application of skills necessary to secure coaching positions in women's basketball, increase the understanding and awareness of competencies necessary for success in coaching, introduce female basketball players to coaches and administrators, and raise awareness of the existing talent pool of female basketball players who have a passion and interest in coaching the game of women's basketball.
 
All 55 attendees are recent NCAA women's basketball graduates who are selected based on their academics, contributions to women's basketball on and off the court, their professional resume and a written recommendation by their head coach. Grange was the only Summit League player on the list.
 
"We are excited for Madison to be in the 2024 class of 'So You Want To Be A Coach' presented by the WBCA," said USD head coach Kayla Karius. "Madison expressed already during her recruiting stage that she saw her future in coaching. This program provides her great opportunities to learn, grow and develop coaching skills while building her network. We have no doubt Madison will represent USD well in this program, but also well into the future."
 
Grange is the fourth Coyote to participate in the WBCA's 'So' program, following alumnae Chloe Lamb (2022), Madison McKeever (2020) and Lisa Loeffler (2016). Lamb and McKeever are now both coaching in the collegiate ranks at the University of Mary and the University of St. Thomas, respectively.
 

Name	Institution
Mia Andrews	Fairleigh Dickinson
Megan Bauman	NYU
Madison Blevins	Covenant College
Sayre Brandstatter	Lynchburg
Olivia Brown	Valparaiso
Hannah Clark	Wingate
Antonia Corsinetti	Rhode Island College
Sam Deem	Regis
Jade Edwards	DePaul
Laryn Edwards	Providence
Alex Fanning	Truman State
Sydney Fedinec	Cal Poly Pomona
Alyssa Fisher	Loyola Chicago
Treasure George	Shippensburg
Carmen Gfeller	Montana
Madison Grange	South Dakota
Chiara Grattini	Tulane
Lauren Hammersley	Adelphi
Jill Harris	Valparaiso
McKenna Hofschild	Colorado State
Jabria Ingram	Millersville
Madison Jackson-Hall	Montana State
Bonnie Jensen	Ripon
Lizzie Kauls	Luther
Hannah Kelle	Illinois State
Kerstin Kelly	William Smith
Mikayla Kinnard	Longwood
Taylor Langan	Rider
Anne-Hamiton LeRoy	Longwood
Hannah Lindemuth	Rochester
Mikayla Mabie	CSU-Monterey Bay
Kate Martin	Iowa
Lola Mullaney	Harvard
Shannon Mulroy	Seton Hall
Rylee Mulvaney	Maryville (MO)
Anaya Peoples	DePaul
Maddie Plank	Davidson
Kathryn "Katy" Rader	Christopher Newport
Sofia Rosa	Smith
Josey Ryan	Regis
Callie Scheier	High Point
Lauren Stack	American
Taylia Stimpson	Utah State
Jordan Sweeney	Montana Western
Caramina Tanedo	Loyola Maryland
Emma Tecca	Valparaiso
Ella Thompson	Bentley
Liz Thompson	SUNY Oneonta
Kennady Tucker	Oklahoma
Olivia Tucker	Sacred Heart
Emma Wass	Alaska Fairbanks
Chloe Welch	Saint Joseph's
Deja Williams	Mercer
Carolyn Wochele	Baldwin Wallace
Kaitlyn Zarycki	Western Michigan