Former UTC Lady Mocs basketball player Regina Kirk watches as former Harlem Globetrotter Michael Douglas works with children at the Harlem Legends Shoot for the Stars Basketball Camp at the Rossville Athletic Complex in Rossville, Ga., in this 2013 file photo.
Former Harlem Globetrotter and current Harlem Legend Michael Douglas, left, helps Gaas Herman, 6, spin a basketball on his finger Monday at the Harlem Legends Shoot for the Stars Basketball Camp at the Rossville Athletic Complex. The camp, organized by Douglas and former UTC Lady Mocs basketball player Regina Kirk, teaches kids the fundamentals of basketball and will culminate will a Harlem Legends exposition game.A UTC basketball Hall of Famer and SoCon Player of the Year saw younger girls in the sport who lacked encouragement and guidance. And she wants to help.
“I want girls to know their self-worth from the inside out, on and off the basketball court,” said Regina Kirk, who was voted the Southern Conference Player of the Year four times. She played at UTC from 1984 to 1988.
Kirk, 47, is starting the Regina Kirk Foundation to teach basketball skills and mentor girls.
Veteran Harlem Globetrotter Michael Douglas is visiting Chattanooga this week to help her get started. The two are conducting a basketball camp at the Rossville Athletic Center that will culminate in a basketball game between the Regina Kirk All Stars and the Harlem Legends.
The legends consists of retired Globetrotters, including Larry “Shorty” Coleman, Tyrone “Hollywood” Brown and Robert “Skywalker” Wallace.