Chelmsford, Massachusetts, fifth-year guard is program's first student-athlete selected to participate in two-day workshop at 2023 WBCA Convention
WBCA announces 20th 'So You Want To Be A Coach' class
EASTON, Mass. (January 25, 2023) – Stonehill College fifth-year guard Emily Bramanti has been named as a member of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's 20th "So You Want To Be A Coach" class the organization has announced.
Bramanti is the first student-athlete in program history selected to participate in the program and the lone Northeast Conference representative among the 62 selections across all levels of women's college basketball. The "So You Want To Be A Coach" program, in partnership with WeCOACH, will be held over two days during the 2023 WBCA Convention in Dallas, Texas, March 30-31.
"I am very honored to be selected for the 'So You Want To Be A Coach' program," said Bramanti. "I am looking forward to attending all of the different speakers and events that this program entails. I am excited to learn from the great coaches all around the country that will be there and have the ability to learn the ins and outs of coaching at a high level."
Bramanti is one of 62 student-athletes selected to particpate in the WBCA's 20th "So You Want To Be A Coach" program. (PHOTO BY Bob Blanchard) |
In its 20th year, the "So" program increases the understanding and application of skills necessary to secure coaching positions in women's basketball, increases the understanding and awareness of competencies necessary for success in coaching, introduces female basketball players to coaches and administrators, and raises awareness of the existing talent pool of female basketball players who have a passion and interest in coaching the game of women's basketball.
Participants will learn about the administrative side of coaching, recruiting, how to get hired, skill development, the importance of knowing the rules, and how to balance work and life. Qualified candidates must have exhausted their final year of basketball eligibility at a four-year institution or have graduated within the past year and must be nominated by their WBCA-member head coach. Each participant is selected based on her academics, contributions to women's basketball on and off the court, professional resume and a written recommendation from their head coach.
"I am so excited for Emily to be able to participate in this phenomenal WBCA program," said Stonehill head coach Trisha Brown. "The sessions in the 'So You Want To Be A Coach' program will give her a great understanding of how to approach a career in coaching and what our profession entails."
Bramanti is a two-time NEC Player of the Week that has been named an NEC Prime Performer seven times, all within the last eight weeks, for Stonehill this season. She has started all 20 games in the Skyhawks inaugural Division I season and leads the team in scoring with 14.9 points per game (5th NEC) on 41.6-percent shooting (10th), including 41.3% (50-for-121) from three-point distance (2nd), converting 69.2% (45-65) of her free-throws (10th). She adds 3.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists (5th) and a steal in a team-high 33.5-minutes per game (4th).
Bramanti, a two-time NEC Player of the Week, ranks among NEC leaders in six categories and earned All-NE10 second team honors last season (PHOTO BY Brian Foley) |
Bramanti has led Stonehill in scoring nine games this season, scoring in double-figures 16 times, including four games with 20-plus points. She erupted for a career-high 38 points, one shy of the program's single-game record, in the Skyhawk 81-74 win at Bryant University on December 11, including 25 in the second half as she scored 15 of Stonehill's 17 third quarter points. Bramanti finished 13-for-19 from the floor, including 6-for-8 from three-point range, in scoring the most points by an NEC player since 2019.
Bramanti, a second-team All-Northeast-10 Conference selection last season, has started 49 of her 99 career games played, scoring 950 points, with 314 rebounds, 279 assists and 100 steals. She is a 40.0-percent shooter over the course of her career, including 32.7% from three-point distance, converting 75.6% of her free-throws. Bramanti enters the week 50 points shy of becoming the program's 34th 1,000-point scorer and eight three-point field goals shy of cracking the program's career top ten list with 137. Bramanti has scored in double-figures 42 times over her collegiate career, with eight career 20-point games.
Bramanti, a criminology and communication dual major, has received the Division II Athletic Director's Association Academic Achievement Award and was a Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll performer every semester over her first four years at the College as a member of the NE10, with Academic Distinction status three semesters for having a semester GPA between 3.50 and 3.99.
Bramanti is one of seven children of Gretchen and Chris Bramanti, the latter is the boys basketball head coach at Westford Academy. Her brother, Luke, is a sophomore with the Southern New Hampshire University men's basketball team and brother William, is a freshman at Stonehill. Her cousin, Adam is a 2016 Stonehill graduate and former member of the men's basketball program, while two other cousins have or are currently playing college basketball.
Stonehill (6-14, 2-5 NEC) returns to action on Saturday, when it visits Sacred Heart University for an NEC matchup in Fairfield, Connecticut, at 2 p.m. The Skyhawks return home on Saturday, February 2, to host St. Francis College of Brooklyn for their Equity and Inclusion Awareness Game at Merkert Gymnasium at 2 p.m.
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