“Penguins Play 4 Kay” is a breast cancer awareness night built around the women's basketball game at 5:30 p.m. and the men's game at 7:30 p.m. Fans are encouraged to wear pink to the games and PSAAC will be selling a limited number of pink “PSAAC Supports Play 4 Kay” T-shirts with proceeds going toward the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. The shirts feature the Dominican penguin, the Play 4 Kay logo, and a box where fans can honor a cancer survivor that they know by writing in that person's name.

T-shirts can be purchased in advance of the event for a discounted price of $8 during lunch time at Caleruega Hall on campus or in the Department of Athletics at the Conlan Center during normal business hours. They will be available for $10 on game night.

Play 4 Kay was established in 2007 through the Kay Yow Cancer Fund in honor of the popular North Carolina State women's basketball coach who had three bouts with breast cancer. Diagnosed with the disease in 1987, Yow waged a courageous battle until her death in 2009.

Before her death, Yow joined forces with the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and The V Foundation for Cancer Research to form the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, a 501 c(3) charitable organization committed to being a part of finding an answer to fight against women's cancers through raising money for scientific research, assisting the underserved and unifying people for a common cause.

Click here to contribute to Dominican's PSAAC effort.

For more information about “Penguins Play 4 Kay,” contact Toni West, women's basketball assistant coach and PSAAC advisor, at toni.west@dominican.edu.

PSAAC is composed of student-athlete representatives for each of Dominican's 12 intercollegiate sports. Its mission is to enhance the total student-athlete experience by promoting opportunity for all student-athletes, protecting student-athlete well-being, promoting community outreach, giving a voice to all student-athletes, and fostering a positive student-athlete image. PSAAC encourages student-athlete involvement in community service projects, both on campus and within the community. The committee's final purpose is to design programs that will encourage academic success, health promotion, social responsibility, and general awareness of the needs of the student-athletes within the campus.