Several AAU Members among National Winners Announced for PCA's 2021 Double-Goal Coach® Award Presented by TeamSnap

03/09/2021


Winners for PCA's National Double-Goal Coach Award presented by TeamSnap were recently chosen from hundreds of nominations. Five of those winners have also gave their time and dedication to coaching with the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).

Mountain View, Calif. - In a year like no other, we are especially proud to name the 25 National Winners of PCA's Double-Goal Coach® Award presented by TeamSnap because the impact they've had on their student-athletes has been tremendous in a time when it was needed most. Of those 25 National Winners, five of those winners also gave their time and dedication to coaching with the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).

Tanisha Gilmore (Nevada- Volleyball)
Travan Jasper (Georgia, Basketball)
Charity Ruhl- (Pennsylvania- Gymnastics)
Jeremy Rinder (South Carolina- Volleyball)
Courtney Draper, (Tampa Bay- Volleyball)

Each National Winner will each receive $500 and recognition on PCA's website, newsletters, and media campaigns. All National Winners will be recognized at our National Youth Sports Awards & Benefit on April 18th, 2021. We hope you'll all plan to join us!

Thanks to the generosity of the Taube Family Foundation, one special coach will win the Taube Family Prize in Recognition of Excellence in Coaching and be named PCA's National Coach of the Year. The $10,000* prize will be awarded to the Coach of the Year at our virtual National Youth Sports Awards and Benefit on April 18th! Be sure you're there to see the announcement live! *($2,500 to the coach and $7,500 to the youth sports organization or school of their choice).

For more information on Positive Coaching Alliance, visit positivecoach.org.

 

2021 NATIONAL WINNERS

Courtney Draper

Coach at St. Pete Volleyball Club (St. Petersburg, FL)

 

Tanisha Gilmore

Coach at XFactor Volleyball (Henderson, NV)
 

 

Travan Jasper

Basketball Coach at Atlanta Leadership Academy - North Atlanta Orangemen (Dunwoody, GA)

 

Jeremy Rinder

Volleyball Coach at Aiken High School (Aiken, SC)

 

Charity Ruhl

Coach at Falcons Gymnastics (Belle Vernon, PA)