Young Harris College women’s basketball coach Matt Stearsman has announced that Anna Claire Knight has joined the Mountain Lions as an assistant coach.
“I am excited about Anna Claire accepting this position,” said Stearsman. “She brings a high level of energy, commitment, and a tremendous work ethic to our program. She was a tremendous player at Georgia Southern, so she will be able to relate to the student-athletes very well. She shares the same core values we preach as a program and as an athletics department. She will be an asset to this College as well as the community.”
Knight comes to the Enchanted Valley after spending last season as a graduate assistant coach at the University of West Alabama. She came to UWA from Trinity Christian School, where she was assistant women’s basketball coach.
Knight played at Georgia Southern University where she won numerous awards and set on-court standards for the Eagles. She was selected to the 2014 All-Southern Conference Team, the 2014 All-Southern Conference Tournament Team and the 2011-12 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team.
“I am excited to join the Young Harris College community and women’s basketball program,” said Knight. “I believe in what coach Stearsman is doing here and the direction in which he is taking the team. My goal is to assist him in any way possible to develop these young athletes to be better basketball players and individuals.”
A 1,000-point scorer, Knight also recorded the first triple-double in Georgia Southern basketball history while being a two-time Southern Conference player of the week, a three-time Southern Conference student-athlete of the week academic award winner and a nominee for Georgia Southern Student-Athlete of the Year.
While serving an internship with Bulloch Academy Athletics in Statesboro, Georgia, Knight researched and assembled a proposal plan for transition from the private GISA athletic affiliation to the GHSA public school affiliation. She also assisted the women’s basketball coach to a GISA state title while developing and implementing organized individual player workouts.
She co-led Georgia Southern’s individual and team camps for four years, established and coordinated the AC School of Basketball for six weeks in 2015 and attended the Southern Conference Student-Athlete Leadership Institute.
Knight has volunteer experience at the SoCon Track and Field Championships, the Hilton Head Wheelchair Tennis Tournament, the Statesboro Relay for Life, as well as the Boys and Girls Clubs.
She graduated from Georgia Southern in May 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in sport management and a minor in business. Knight graduated with honors as a member of the President and Dean’s List
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