Coach Katie Wilcox, Kiki’s best friend, joins us to talk about her insights about sports and leadership. She has coached girls’ volleyball for over 10 years and during that time she has developed a leadership style that helps girls flourish by connecting with them authentically. Kiki also joins the discussion bringing her experience as a water polo player and mentor for Friends for Youth.
These are the questions we covered:
· What role have you seen sports play in helping girls learn about leadership?
· What aspects of leadership do you think you/girls have learned?
· What has it been like for you to coach and lead your team? What emotions? What beliefs have changed?
· What have your learned about yourself and coaching?
· Any models you have about leading a volleyball team that were inspirational to you?
More about Katie
Katie was born and raised in the Bay Area and began playing volleyball at the age of 10. She has played for 3 different local clubs, Menlo-Atherton High School, and Foothill College. She has also coached for her local middle school, Sequoia High School, and 3 different volleyball clubs (ages 8-18). Katie made the varsity team as a freshman in high school and played all 4 years. She led the team to playoffs as a captain her senior year. She then went to Foothill College and played both indoor and beach volleyball. She played all around as the team’s starting opposite hitter. As a captain her sophomore year, she led her team to first round playoffs and ended her final volleyball season making First Team All Conference.
After graduating, she transferred to UCLA for academics and graduated with honors and a BA in Psychology and a minor in Applied Developmental Psychology. Following graduation, she returned to the bay area to teach preschool and coach volleyball at Sequoia High School and Red Rock Volleyball Clu
Ways to reach Us:
kjcanny@gmail.com (Kiki)
yo@yocanny.com (Yo)
Website
https://www.girltaketheleadpod.com
Public FB group: Girl, Take the Lead!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/272025931481748/?ref=share
IG:
https://www.instagram.com/yocanny
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yocanny/
Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/yocanny