Norton to Honor Mystics Owner Sheila Johnson at DC Girls Basketball Clinic Wednesday

Norton to Honor Mystics Owner Sheila Johnson at D.C. Girls Basketball Clinic Wednesday

WASHINGTON, DC - The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the Congresswoman will celebrate Women's History Month by presenting Washington Mystics owner Sheila Johnson a congressional record and celebrating D.C.'s own young women student athletes at the Congresswoman's D.C. Girls Basketball Clinic, Wednesday, March 31, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at the Verizon Center Practice Gym, 601 F Street, NW. Mystics players Alana Beard and Marissa Coleman will conduct the basketball clinic, offering tips for success on the court and in life to young womenselected frombasketball teams at D.C. high schools. Norton said, "We think that the best way to celebrate Women's History Month this year is to feature Sheila Johnson, a woman who has already made history and continues to do so, along with young women in high school in our city who seek to follow her example of hard work to achieve success. Sheila Johnson is a one of a kind leader of women and girls of all backgrounds, in all pursuits. She represents the whole package for young women in D.C. whose lives in sports can be the best preparation for excelling in whatever they do, as Johnson has."

Who: Washington Mystics Owner Sheila Johnson, Congresswoman Norton, Mystics players, Alana Beard and Marissa Coleman, and D.C. high school girls basketball team players

What: Presentation of a Congressional Award at a Basketball Clinic for D.C. Girls Basketball Clinic

When: Wed., March 31, 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Where: Verizon Center Practice Gym, 601 F Street, NW