Daily News | Tina Sloan Green created history in lacrosse — and she’s now working to secure the sport’s future
, to help prepare middle and high school students for the 2022 Women’s Lacrosse Tournament in Towson, Md., this summer. Smith founded the league in 2013 as a way to teach the fundamentals of lacrosse and field hockey to boys and girls living in the Philadelphia area.
Smith competed in field hockey and lacrosse at Radnor High school. When she visited her alma mater for a Lacrosse State Championship game two years after graduating, Smith noticed there was no representation of color on the field. This sparked the creation of Eyekonz. At the time of the civil rights movement, Sloan Green dealt with racial discrimination. She learned from a young age to have a tough mentality, one she credited to her two older brothers for instilling after they went into the service.
In 1969, Sloan Green joined the U.S. women’s national lacrosse team. During her four-year career, Sloan Green faced several hurdles and was not allowed in some countries because of segregation. With her coaching success, Sloan Green gained additional support from the university. She then created an inner-city program through Temple to get younger kids introduced to the sport, but she still felt more could be done. In 1992, Sloan Green established the women in sports foundation intending to build black women’s involvement in sports.
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