ULM assistant women's basketball coach Amber Donnes, second from left, and head basketball coach Brooks Donald Williams, right, assist in recovery efforts in Lake Charles over Labor Day weekend.
MONROE, La. – ULM assistant women's basketball coach Amber Donnes hails from Hammond, Louisiana, but she has more than one hometown.
Donnes spent four years playing for the McNeese State University women's basketball program. She developed a strong bond with her alma mater and the city of Lake Charles. The bond is so strong that she refers to Lake Charles as her "second home."
Entering her second year with the women's basketball program at ULM, and her first as an assistant coach, Donnes felt an urge to help her second home in late August after Lake Charles and McNeese State was ravaged by Hurricane Laura.