Basketball Schedule : Sr. Mary Demetria Williams Tournament

SR. MARY DEMETRIA WILLIAMS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

THE SR. MARY DEMETRIA WILLIAMS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WAS FIRST PLAYED IN 1997. THE TOURNAMENT WAS NAMED AFTER THE PRINCIPAL THAT LED THE TRANSITION OF ST. MARY'S FROM DOWNTOWN TO NEW ORLEANS EAST. SR.DEMETRIA WAS PRINCIPAL AT ST. MARY'S FROM 1962 TO 1990. UNDER HER LEADERSHIP THE SCHOOL GREW IN PROMINENCE NOT ONLY IN NEW ORLEANS BUT ALSO AROUND THE COUNTRY.

ST. MARY'S GRADUATES HAVE EXCELLED IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS. THEY HAVE BECOME CIVIC LEADERS, POLITICIANS, BUSINESS OWNERS, EDUCATORS AND ROLE MODELS FOR YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES. ST. MARY'S HAS SERVED THIS COMMUNITY SINCE 1867. IT IS UNIQUE AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN CATHOLIC INSTITUTION CREATED BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN FOR THE EDUCATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE STUDENTS.

SR DEMETRIA, FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR FOUNDRESS MOTHER HENRIETTE DELILLE, CREATED A PLACE WHERE YOUNG WOMEN WERE ABLE TO GROW AND REACH THEIR POTENTIAL. SHE LED BY EXAMPLE IN GIVING HOPE TO THOSE WHO DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION FOR THE BLACK FEMALE. SHE HAS TRULY LEFT A LEGACY SECOND TO NONE. ST. MARY'S IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE A BEACON IN THIS SOCIETY BECAUSE OF THE WORK, THE LOVE, AND THE JOY GIVEN BY THE PRINCIPAL OF PRINCIPALS.