NAIA TEAMS WORK WITH SPECIAL OLYMPIANS

NAIA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS IN TOWN FOR THEIR NATIONAL TOURNAMENT FORMED A SPECIAL BOND WITH SOME LOCAL ATHLETES TUESDAY.

THE TEAMS CONDUCTED A BASKETBALL CLINIC FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS PLAYERS.  ABBE HENGESBACH, A FRESHMAN GUARD WITH THE DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY PANTHERS FROM MICHIGAN VOLUNTEERED HER TIME AND SKILLS:

RHONDA SCHWARZKOPF, THE IOWA SPECIAL OLYMPICS SPORTS DIRECTOR, SAYS THE EVENT HAS BECOME A GREAT PARTNERSHIP FOR BOTH THE N-A-I-A TEAMS AND THE AREA OLYMPIANS:

SCHWARZKOPF SAYS 15 WOMEN'S TEAMS VOLUNTEERED TO CONDUCT THE CLINICS THIS YEAR FOR AROUND 170 SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES. THE NAIA DIVISION TWO NATIONAL TOURNEY TIPS OFF WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 8:30AM.