Stringer to be Recognized by Local Groups
Aug 30 | Women's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, NJ - Rutgers women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer will be recognized for her outstanding accomplishments by a pair of local organizations.
On Sept. 12, Stringer will receive the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) Central Jersey Chapter's Women in Sports Award at the group's Platinum Star Awards Gala in Eatontown, NJ. The award is presented to a woman who has made significant contributions to enabling women to achieve advances in the sports world. The NAWBO is made up of 8,000 members in 80 chapters nationwide, and represents the interests of all women entrepreneurs in all industries. The mission of the Central Jersey Chapter is to educate and enable women business owners to reach their full potential, to strengthen the wealth of the members, to build strategic alliances, to provide access to NAWBO's national resources for greater visibility and profitability, and to influence public policy (www.nawbocentraljersey.org).
On Oct. 21 in New Brunswick, Stringer will be recognized at the Starry Night Gala of Women Helping Women, an organization that helps develop programs to meet the needs of women in the community. Originally created as a partnership between the Rutgers Mental Health Center and the National Council of Jewish Women, Women Helping Women helps provide support to women facing issues created by separation, divorce, physical abuse and other life issues through the use of supervised peer-facilitated support groups (www.whwnj.com).
During her 35-season career, Stringer has led three different schools to the Final Four (Cheyney in 1982, Iowa in 1993 and Rutgers in 2000), the first coach in men's or women's basketball to accomplish the feat. A 2001 inductee into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, she ranks third all time in victories (750-251) and 20-win seasons (27). The three-time national coach of the year, she has posted a 230-116 (.665) record during her 11 seasons at Rutgers, leading the Scarlet Knights to eight NCAA Tournament berths (including the 2000 Final Four and 1999 and 2005 Elite Eights) as well as two BIG EAST Conference regular-season titles.
