A coach at Don Ross Secondary School (DRSS) in Brackendale was honoured on the weekend as the Provincial High School Female Coach of the Year by B.C. School Sports (BCSS).
Anne Bracey, who has worked in the physical education department at Don Ross for the past 18 years and coaches cross-country, volleyball, basketball and track and field, was among those honoured at a BCSS ceremony on Saturday (May 7) in Surrey.
"Anne spends countless hours helping athletes get opportunities to compete at their particular sports," Bracey's colleague Bill Rizun said in a statement issued by the Sea to Sky School District.
"Her lunch hours are taken up with running intramurals Anne supports athletes behind the scenes so opportunities are not lost to them because of issues that are beyond their control. Anne does this because she believes that they will benefit from being involved with athletics."
Said Don Ross principal Christine Perkins, "Anne is a highly skilled professional, juggling not only knowledge, skills and ability need to teach all-comers physical education, but goes the extra thousand miles to organize, ref and promote intramurals, coach above and beyond, drive, bandage, educate, and in some cases parent, student athletes, and still does it all with class and dignity."
