At this year’s NEPSAC girls Super Sunday, Ayo Hart delivered food to college coaches and handed out trophies to other championship winning teams.
She also happened to be coaching that day in the Class A championship, leading her Sacred Heart Greenwich squad to the program’s first-ever title in its second straight appearance.
Hart, who just wrapped up her ninth season at Sacred Heart, is also NEPSAC Girls Basketball Coaches' Association president, and a part of her role as president is to help run Super Sunday — including championships and All-Star games.
Last season, Sacred Heart advanced to the championship as well, which coincided with Hart’s first time running Super Sunday. Sacred Heart fell to three-time defending champion Loomis Chaffee.
“I cannot blame our loss on Super Sunday. I'm not saying that, but I can tell you that I felt very unsettled going into that game, because I was running over here, and then running the (coaches) meeting at 12:00 and trying to go present trophies, and then two college coaches are looking for me over here, and then they ran out of candy over there, and they want packets,” Hart said. “I was a hot mess. ... It was our first time ever in the finals, so our kids were a little bit nervous. It doesn't help when they're looking at me and I don't look settled.
“I remember after that, saying to myself, if I'm ever fortunate enough to be in the championship again, I'm going to handle this very differently.”
