Shimmy Gray-Miller still vividly remembers the first time she met Kay Yow.
After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1994, Gray-Miller was invited to participate in a scrimmage against Yow’s North Carolina State Wolfpack along with several other former college basketball players.
Before the contest, she and the rest of her teammates sat and listened to Yow — N.C. State’s legendary coach — speak during the pregame meal, leading to several memorable moments that still make Gray-Miller smile.
“(Coach Yow) talked to us and shared with us and prayed for us,” she said. “And then we went out and beat them, and after the game she still prayed for us, which I thought was pretty awesome.