Seattle Storm

We’re excited to announce the hire of Michaela Scheinin as Communications Coordinator!

We're closing out the week with our final award-winning project from NAIOP Washington State's Night of the Stars Gala: the Seattle Storm Center for Basketball Performance, which received the Judges' Choice - Icon Award. 🏆 The new facility, designed by ZGF Architects and Shive-Hattery, serves as the dedicated practice facility for Seattle's four-time champion WNBA franchise. As the first ground-up facility built specifically for a WNBA franchise, the new building represents an unprecedented investment in elite women athletes and underscores the rapid growth of women's sports nationwide. In alignment with the Storm's vision for the project, women comprised 85% of the project management and design team, and more than 40% of the subcontracted scope was performed by women-owned and diverse-owned subcontractors and suppliers. Congratulations to everyone who contributed to this iconic new space!

KING 5 Media Group featured our partnership with Rise Above through our Together We Rise Community Hoops series supported by Providence Swedish & Starbucks. We were thrilled KING 5 chose to highlight Jaci and we're enjoying our partnership with her and Rise Above. 🤝 Teaming up with Rise Above aligns perfectly with our Force4Change pillar of Supporting BIPOC Communities. Together, we're making a real difference in the lives of native youth. Read about it here: https://lnkd.in/gFeWwxtM

Every election is a chance to make your voices heard. Crystal Langhorne sat down to discuss the importance of voting in partnership with the Washington Secretary of State. Storm fans, make sure you are registered to vote by visiting VoteWA.gov!   To learn more, visit: https://lnkd.in/gz4Ej8ba

As the regular season draws to a close, we want to thank all of the partners in our Stats for Youth program. This year, we had five corporate partners donating to five beneficiaries. All of the free-throws, assists, three-pointers, blocks, and rebounds have been tallied up. On top of our corporate partners' generous donations, the Storm Foundation is rounding out each check to an even $25,000 in celebration of the 25th season, with a grand total of $125,000 going to the Stats for Youth beneficiaries.   A big thank you to:   Alaska Airlines is donating mileage plan miles to the Girl Scouts of Western Washington for Free-Throws for the Future.  BECU is donating to Young Women Empowered (Y-WE) through community assists.  Carter Subaru in Shoreline,WA. is putting up 3's for Treehouse. Coinbase is dominating the blockchain and donating to Techbridge Girls.  Starbucks is teaming up with Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle for Rebounds for Housing.   Here's to another successful year. Go Storm!

Thankful for our partners and the Sounders for making this possible!

📺 Earlier in June, our broadcasting partners at FOX 13 Seattle hosted middle and high school students for a #StormAcademy session. Students toured the news room and got to see what a job in local news or sports broadcasting is like.   Interested in learning about the Storm Academy program? Check out our website: https://lnkd.in/g2z5jn43

In May, our partner, U.S. Bank presented a check of $500,000 to Business Impact NW. The U.S. Bank Foundation Opportunity Fund grant is a multi-year grant will be used by BINW to provide coaching, classes, and small business loans to people in groups that face barriers in the financial and business sectors.   We are so proud of our partners and their commitment to our Pacific Northwest region 🌎 🌲   #corporatepartnerships #sportsbusiness #seattlestorm

🏆 Congratulations to our President and CEO, Alisha Valavanis and her twin, Alexa Benson-Valavanis on being inducted into the Chico Sports Hall of Fame yesterday! Alisha and Alexa played college basketball at Chico State and Alisha went on to serve as an assistant coach for the Wildcats for four years. Congrats to you both ☀

In the first Iconic Sonic episode about the 4x WNBA champion Seattle Storm, we were joined by longtime Sports Exec, Nate Silverman. Nate talks with Host, Jason Puckett, about the Storm’s championship aspirations this season, the booming state of women’s hoops and what the anticipated return of the Sonics and the NBA will mean to Seattle’s broader hoops community. Recoded from the team’s new Center for Basketball Performance, this is a fun and valuable discussion worth checking out! ☔️🏆🏆🏆🏆 Apple: https://lnkd.in/gWuJRg7H Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gxv_6s4D Nate Silverman Seattle Storm