SPEAKING
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
Coach Val,
On behalf of the WomanUP!® community, thank you for helping make our 2026 conference such a meaningful experience.
Your message about moving from comparison to confidence resonated deeply with attendees and was repeatedly mentioned in our post-event survey as one of the most impactful moments of the conference. Participants described your sessions as inspiring, authentic, and empowering, with many specifically naming you as one of their favorite speakers of the day.
With much appeciattion
Melanie McShane
Director of Industry Relations
California Association of REALTORS
WHAT'S NEW
WeCOACH Announces 2025-26 Lifetime Achievement Award
I am deeply honored to be in the class of five other amazing women to receive the WeCOACH Lifetime Achievement Award. My fellow recipients include: Coach Kathy Aspaas, a legendary North Dakota swim coach whose 45-year
career produced 28 state championships; Dr. Tina Sloan Green, a transformational coach and equity advocate who served as the first African-American head coach of a women’s college lacrosse team at Temple University; Lorene Ramsey, a pioneer who built Illinois Central College’s women’s athletic program before Title IX; Barbara Stevens is one of the winningest coaches in NCAA women’s basketball history becoming just the fifth women’s basketball coach to surpass 1,000 career wins; and Billie Jean King, an icon!
The full release is below.
Recent Events
Gold Over America Tour
Flipping into 30 cities near you with this pop concert-style spectacle! We hope you can join the celebration and be inspired with every twist, tumble, and gravity-defying flip.
Starting September 16th in Oceanside, CA
and concluding
November 3rd in Detroit, MI
Social
Honoring Coach Wooden
Incredibly honored to be asked by USPS to share some of my memories of my mentor, the great Coach John Wooden at the unveiling of the commemorative John Wooden stamp.
LATEST MUSINGS
National Championships
Career Wins
Conference Championships
NCAA Coach of the Year
Pac-12 Coach of the Century
Gymnastics Experience
