We are thrilled to announce that Simona Sidaugaite is joining the Sky Academy leadership team responsible for Academy Operations and Communications. She has been one of our grade school coaches for about a year now, and she has recently taken control over all of our social media platforms. She will officially begin on August 1, 2023.
Simona was a 4-year varsity basketball player and team captain at Tinley Park High School. She then continued her basketball career at Trinity Christian College. She has coached travel basketball since 2016 at the grade school level and was also a Varsity Assistant Coach at Providence Catholic High School. Her greatest childhood memories revolve around basketball, and she enjoys being able to share that experience with the girls of the Chicago Sky Academy. As a woman in sports, Simona understands the importance of female representation- less than 25% of youth sports coaches are women. Growing up, she had very few female coaches and is actively working to break that trend for younger generations. Simona has a heavy focus on basic skills, particularly shooting. Beyond that, her primary objective is to mentor her players to be great reliable teammates and to maintain a positive attitude throughout the hardships they may encounter, both in basketball and life. She is currently getting her master's degree in Sport Administration at the University of Cincinnati.
Please join us in welcoming Simona to the Academy Leadership Team.
