2018 Jr. NBA Coach of the Year semifinalists

BOSTON – Northeastern women's basketball alumna Kash Cannon (Class of 2013) has been named one of eight national semifinalists for 2018 Jr. NBA Coach of the Year, as revealed on Monday by the Jr. NBA and the Positive Coaching Alliance.
 
The Jr. NBA Coach of the Year award is presented annually to the youth basketball coach in an NBA or WNBA team market who is making a positive impact on children by demonstrating outstanding integrity, character, and leadership. Cannon had received the Boston Celtics' nomination for her role as the program director at Shooting Touch: G3 (Getting Girls in the Game) and was chosen as a semifinalist by the Jr. NBA and Positive Coaching Alliance upon the completion of the award's initial screening process.
 
As a semifinalist, Cannon is now in the running to be named one of the award's three finalists, who will each be presented with a financial grant to support their local youth basketball organizations. Each finalist will receive additional benefits, including free Positive Coaching Alliance training, basketball equipment, and apparel. All three finalists will also receive an all-expense paid trip to Chicago, where the Coach of the Year winner will be announced and honored in May at the Jr. NBA Youth Basketball Leadership Conference.
 
Fan voting, exclusively on Twitter, is one component that factors into how the award's three finalists are selected and will parallel the screening made by an executive panel of judges. From April 9 through April 18, fans may vote for Cannon under the following rules:
 
• Tweet with the hashtag #JrNBACOYBOS (Jr. NBA Coach of the Year - Boston) to count as one vote
 
• Retweet the Boston Celtics' #JrNBACOY tweet below to count as one vote
 

Retweet to cast your vote for Jr. Celtics Coach, Kash Cannon, to win the #JrNBACOY Award!

Every retweet = 1 vote! #JrNBABOS pic.twitter.com/3IcL75ySXb

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 9, 2018 

• There is no limit on the amount of times users can vote per day
 
To learn more about the Jr. NBA Coach of the Year award and its nomination process, as well as to read Cannon's award bio, please click here.
 
Cannon made 120 appearances for the Northeastern women's basketball team during her five-year career from 2008 to 2013. She is a member of the Huskies' 1,000-point scoring club (1,053 career points) and was a steady 3-point shooter, ranking third all-time in 3-point field goal percentage (36.6). Upon graduating, Cannon served as the Northeastern women's basketball team's director of operations for four seasons.