“Milk is our team’s gasoline,” says Diana C. Cordova Elliott, Basalt’s girls tennis coach.
But more than fueling a successful athletic season, Diana credits the milk for helping her team be more conscientious about their everyday food and beverage choices.
“I think having milk as our official drink really made the girls think about nutrition,” Elliott explained. “This led to what type of lunches we needed to pack for sustaining power during a match, to what types of foods were best all the time, not just for competition. They really started making better choices to fuel their bodies.”
And while Elliott appreciated the nutrition benefits of milk for her team following practices and tennis matches, she also offered the milk during her team’s study hall – not only drawing attention to her team, but also securing additional fans at their matches.
“During one study hall when we had our cooler of milk, other students in the library wanted to know why we got milk and who bought it for us,” Elliott said. “The girls were nice enough to share, but they had to agree to come support our tennis matches. And they did!”
Dairy farm families in Colorado are proud to have made it possible for student athletes to receive these milk grants. They care about high school athletes and want to help them get the nutrition they need to succeed both on and off the court.
Would you like to see your athletes excel by fueling their bodies with white or chocolate milk? Your team could win funds to provide FREE milk for a season.
If your student athletes aren’t fueling up with white or chocolate milk, this is a great opportunity to get started!
Download the grant application at westerndairyassociation.org/hsgrants. The grant deadline for fall sports has passed, but applications for 2018 spring sports are being accepted and should be post-marked no later than December 8, 2017.
Please contact us at info@westerndairyassociation.org, 1-800-274-6455, 303-451-7711 or visit WesternDairyAssociation.org.
Athletes can train harder and perform better with proper nutrition. Visit WesternDairyAssociation.org/health-and-nutrition/milk-and-sports-nutrition to read more about milk as an exercise recovery beverage and learn how to eat for peak athletic performance.