USF's Sarah Huarte to be Honored Sunday At Team-Up for Girls Day at AT&T Park

June 11, 2010

(San Francisco) - USF head women's golf coach Sarah Huarte will be honored at AT&T Park this Sunday in a pregame ceremony as part of the Team-Up for Girls Day surrounding the San Francisco Giants vs. Oakland Athletics contest. Huarte will be one of a select group of Bay Area college coaches and student-athletes recognized for their accomplishments and for serving as outstanding role models.

In her first season as a Division I head coach, Huarte guided USF to a berth in the 2010 NCAA Regionals. San Francisco enjoyed a strong 2009-10 regular season, posting five top-five finishes out of 10 events and closed the season with back-to-back runner-up showings at the Anteater Invitational and the 2010 West Coast Conference Championship.

USF also recorded a runner-up finish at the Challenge at Onion Creek and set a new program 54-hole tournament record in the process, finishing the event with a 2-over par 842. The Dons turned in the second best team stroke average in program history (300.87)

An outstanding student-athlete, Huarte capped her collegiate career at Cal by winning the 2004 NCAA Championship.

"I feel honored to be included among some of the Bay Area's finest student-athletes and coaches," Huarte said. "BAWSI is a wonderful organization that is doing extraordinary work. That is why I love coaching so much. I have the opportunity to inspire young student-athletes through my leadership and love for the game just as they do through their Bay Area-wide programs. I'm looking forward to a long relationship with the organization and can't wait to get my team involved as well."

ABOUT THE TEAM-UP FOR GIRLS DAY: On Sunday, June 13, the San Francisco Giants, along with the Bay Area Women's Sports Initiative (BAWSI) and Team-Up for Youth will partner on their annual Team-Up for Girls Day. Fans attending the Giants vs. A's game will be treated to a pre-game discussion with celebrity dads and their accomplished daughters inside the ballpark and carried live on the scoreboard.

The pre-game panel, which begins at 11:00 a.m. in Triples Alley at AT&T Park, will feature Giants Pitching Coach Dave Righetti and his daughters, Natalee and Nicolette; Former 49er Brent Jones and his daughter, Courtney; Giants Broadcaster Mike Krukow and his daughter, Tessa; and Giants Broadcaster Duane Kuiper and his daughter, Dannon. Giants Public Address Announcer Renel will also participate along with the matriarch of Bay Area's Women's Sports, Anne Cribbs, BAWSI's CEO, Marlene Bjornsrud and Wally Haas, founder of Team-Up for Youth and Team Up for Youth's executive director, Janet Carter.

The panel will focus on how each of these high profile and accomplished fathers encouraged their daughters to pursue their individual dreams and how sharing time one another at the ballpark or in the stadium shaped their relationships.

Following the pre-game Q & A, the Giants will honor the recent accomplishments of several of the Bay Area's collegiate women's teams. Joining together in a special home plate ceremony will be members of the nationally ranked Stanford women's gymnastics team, Cross Country star Stephanie Wilson from Santa Clara University, USF women's golf coach Sarah Huarte and members of the San Jose State Women's Golf Team.