Canada’s Natalie Achonwa earns WNBA’s Dawn Staley Community Leadership award. 🇨🇦
NEW YORK — Legendary Notre Dame women’s basketball coach Muffet McGraw says one of the first words that comes to mind about Canada’s Natalie Achonwa is leader.
The award, named for WNBA Hall of Famer Dawn Staley, recognizes a player who best exemplifies leadership in the community, and focuses exclusively on a player’s activities during the NBA off-season. The 27-year-old from Toronto stayed connected to fans and the community with “Nat Chat,” a social-media discussion in which she interviewed people prominent individuals about issues such as mental health and racial injustices. In June, she joined Tamika Catchings, George Hill and others in the Monumental March and the Voter Registration peaceful protest in Indianapolis.
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