Radford University women’s basketball’s graduate guard Ellie Taylor was selected and participated in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s (WBCA) program, “So You Want To Be a Coach”, this past week.
The 23rd edition of the seminar was held in Phoenix, Ariz., from Wednesday through Friday, April 1-3, during the WBCA Convention.
The WBCA’s “So” program strives to help women’s basketball players who are interested in coaching the tools to succeed through this professional development seminar. These sessions intend to increase the understanding and application of skills needed to secure coaching positions, increase the awareness of competencies necessary to coaching, introduce them to current coaches and basketball administrators, and raise awareness of the talent pool of women’s basketball players who are passionate about coaching.
Taylor was one of 26 recent graduates to participate in the program. The class is limited to athletes who have exhausted their final year of eligibility this past season, want to pursue a career in coaching, be a credit to the sport both on-and-off the court, be nominated by a head coach who is a WBCA member, and have a minimum 2.5 GPA.
The Radford graduate student finished her career as a Highlander averaging 6.3 points per game this past season. She helped lead the team to a WNIT first-round win and runner-up finishes in the Big South regular season and conference tournament. Taylor was the only one to start every game during the 2025-26 season, becoming the first Highlander to start 36 games in a single season in the process. She appeared in 69 games across three years (2 seasons played) at Radford.
Taylor was the fourth Highlander to be selected for the program in the Mike McGuire era. Previously, Aisha Foy (2016), Destinee Walker (2019) and Adriana Shipp-Davis (2025) have been selected for the program.
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