Lavina Price

Email : coachprice@joyofthegame.com

Coach Price has a heart for young athletes and is committed to see them succeed on and off the floor. It is seen through the way she interact's personally with each child. Coach Price joined Joy of the Game in the fall of 2010 and has coached the boys 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 8th grade Rising Star's traveling teams.

Originally from the Fiji Islands, Coach Price played high school basketball in New Mexico where she was first team All-American, District and State and was Gatorade Player of the year runner up her senior year being outscored by 0.8th of a point. As a freshman, Price attended Santa Clara University, then transferred to Trinity International University in Deerfield, where she graduated with her BA in sports and wellness management and also has an AA in kinesiology. She conducts private training sessions as well as teaching multiple classes and camps. Coach Price recently turned down an offer to play professionally in Spain to take the head coaching position at Chicago Hope Academy which she says is a dream come true. "If I were to go to Spain, it would have been for ME and MY glory, but this way, I am able to give back to the game that has given me so much. I realize I have made the right decision when I see the joy in the eyes of my player's when they achieve something they thought they couldn’t."