THIRTEENTH RECIPIENT

PORTER WILSON AWARD 2011

NANCE WERNES

KANSAS, UNITED STATES

 

NANCE WERNES

                       HER CONTRIBUTION TO THE IWFFA AND FEMALE FLAG FOOTBALL HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS. REGULAR RADIO SHOW HOST: "ON THE AIR" WITH THE IWFFA, TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR, ORGANIZER, COMMITTEE MEMBER, PLAYER, COACH and more ..........

                           Nance Wernes is a life long athlete having earned nine varsity letters in high school and played volleyball at the collegiate level.  Athletics continued to be a large part of her life after college

    

 

                       

 

 

As an advocate of women's sports in Kansas City, Nance started the Kansas City Women's Sports Association that provided a structure for all adult women's sports in the area:  rugby, football, roller derby, lacrosse and swimming, to unite and work together for sponsorship dollars. 

20TH - KEY WEST KELLY MCGILLIS CLASSIC - 2010

playing with Mexico Vaqueros -Nance is the "GRINGO"

 

A GREAT TACKLE MOMENT!

 

 

                 NANCE - THIRD FROM TOP LEFT - PLAYS AS A" LOOSE WOMAN"

for: Fairvilla Loose Women's Team


 

In 2004 she founded the Kansas City Storm to give women in and around Kansas City a rare opportunity: to play tackle football.  In three short years the Storm established themselves as worthy opponent and in 2007 won their division crown!  They repeated as division winners in 2010 and 2011 - achieving an undefeated season in 2010.

Porter Wilson Award

The Inventor of the Sonic Boom Belts & Flags and Founder of Flag A Tag
 
 
 
Porter Wilson
The Inventor of the Sonic Boom Belts & Flags and Founder of Flag A Tag
Passed Away in September of 2000
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Porter was our biggest supporter for girls and women's flag football
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In Memory and to Honor
We Bestow the Porter Wilson Award
 
 

In addition, she has recently launched her own, not-for profit entity - SupportHer with Sport to promote women's health, esteem and well being with sport.  Her motto - "The benefits of sport do not diminish with age - the opportunities shouldn't either."
 
She is a member and volunteer of the IWFFA and the Kansas City Sports Commission's Women's Intersports Network (WIN).  She  serves on the scholoarship committee for the National Women's Athletic Association.

    NANCE WERNES - 13TH RECIPIENT OF THE PORTER WILSON AWARD 2011