George Washington University Athletics
Men's Basketball Visits Children's Hospital Monday
1/13/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 13, 2003
WASHINGTON, DC - Players, coaches and staff from the George Washington University men's basketball team visited Washington's Children's National Medical Center on Monday, Jan. 13. The visit enabled the Colonials to interact with, read to, and teach basketball skills to hospitalized children. Many of the children came to the hospital's atrium to meet the Colonials while some players and coaches visited several non-ambulatory patients in their rooms.
Head coach Karl Hobbs, along with All-America candidate Chris Monroe (Hyattsville, MD/Good Counsel) and T.J. Thompson (Germantown, MD/Newport School) were joined by nine teammates, the entire coaching staff, members of the GW Athletics support staff and the team mascot, "George," for the visit.
The Children's National Medical Center is one of many benefactors of the Children's Charities Foundation of Washington which receives proceeds from the BB&T Classic Tournament. GW has co-hosted the BB&T Classic every year since its inception in 1995.
The Colonials return to Atlantic 10 Conference action Saturday at 7:30 p.m. when they host Dayton at Smith Center.
