Conn and CT Sun host basketball clinic for kids

Four groups and organizations combined efforts recently to create a memorable experience at Connecticut College for area children.

Conn’s Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy and Athletics Department partnered with the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun to host a basketball clinic on Jan. 19 in Conn’s Luce Field House for 25 children enrolled in an after-school program at the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of Greater New London.

Sun guard Courtney Williams, former Sun forward and current Sun Assistant General Manager Morgan Tuck, and Conn’s own Jenna Whelan ’22, who played many games in the gym and is now the Sun’s communications intern, coached the children, who ranged in age from 6 to 12.

“The clinic was a collaboration with people from the community and a lot of different departments on campus. It’s cool to see all these different synergies happening,” said Associate Director of Community Engagement Patrick Lynch, who oversees Conn’s Pre-K-12 community partnerships.