She Changes the Game

[WATCH] Young Voices Series, Episode 2: She Changes The Game

[WATCH] Young Voices Series, Episode 2: She Changes The Game

Up2Us Sports' Young Voices Series is a series of one-hour virtual events in collaboration with their partner organizations, that give youth an opportunity to speak about the issues that affect them and their communities most.

Let's Help #LeadHerForward On NGWSD

Let's Help #LeadHerForward On NGWSD

On February 5, 2020 we celebrate the 34th Annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD). This national celebration, powered by our friends at the Women’s Sports Foundation, recognizes the importance of equal opportunity for all girls and women in sports.

adidas Launches Digital Curriculum For Coaches With Up2Us Sports and ATTN: Dedicated To Women & Girls In Sport

adidas Launches Digital Curriculum For Coaches With Up2Us Sports and ATTN: Dedicated To Women & Girls In Sport

Up2Us Sports and adidas, through their She Changes the Game and Breaking Barriers initiatives, believe in the importance of coaches to unlock all that sports have to offer girls, which in turn will improve those girls’ lives and better society.

Tiffany Corselli: 2019 Coach of the Year

Tiffany Corselli: 2019 Coach of the Year

Up2Us Sports recently recognized Tiffany Corselli as our 2019 Coach of the Year for her exemplary service and commitment to coaching and mentoring students in underserved New York communities. Read more about Tiffany and her speech from our Annual Gala.

Up2Us Sports Celebrates 33rd Annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day

Up2Us Sports Celebrates 33rd Annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day

On February 6, 2019 we celebrate the 33rd Annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day (NGWSD). This nationwide celebration acknowledges the accomplishments of all female athletes and honors the progress, as well as the continued struggle, women have made for equality in sports.  

2017 Gala Honors Top Female Athletes and Coaches

2017 Gala Honors Top Female Athletes and Coaches

 On Monday, May 15, 2017, Up2Us Sports held its’ 5th Annual Gala, celebrating powerhouse female coaches and athletes. Up2Us Sports presented its Legacy Award to Mollie Marcoux Samaan (Director of Athletics at Princeton University) and Angela Ruggiero (four-time Olympic medalist in women’s ice hockey), who was unfortunately not able to attend due to a family emergency, but who was honored just the same.

She Can Coach: A Campaign in Support of Women Coaches

She Can Coach: A Campaign in Support of Women Coaches

Up2Us Sports is launching She Can Coach - a fundraising and awareness campaign focused on the importance of growing opportunities for women to coach and ensuring young girls in vulnerable communities have great female role models in their lives.

Research from the Women’s Sports Foundation and the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sports proves that girls drop out of sports at a higher rate than boys and that girls’ participation is strongly correlated with female role models.