Women's Empowerment Month

Golden State Warriors

Nanea McGuigan, Senior Director Basketball Admin/Player Programs, has made a lasting impact with the Warriors. Women’s Empowerment Month, presented by Rakuten.

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Warriors Senior Director of Basketball Admin/Player Programs Nanea McGuigan | Women's Empowerment Month

Golden State Warriors' Data Analyst, Hannah Heiring, shares her passion for the game and commitment to inspire young girls in sports. Women’s Empowerment Month, presented by Rakuten.

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Warriors Data Analyst Hannah Heiring | Women's Empowerment Month

"I just love the business and wanted to stay within the industry." — Shannon Stabler. Women’s Empowerment Month, presented by Rakuten.

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Santa Cruz Warriors Basketball Ops and Team Development Manager Shannon Stabler | Women's Empowerment Month

"I took my chances and I'm here now." — Toral Desai. Women’s Empowerment Month, presented by Rakuten.

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Santa Cruz Warriors Head Athletic Trainer Toral Desai | Women's Empowerment Month

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During Women's Empowerment Month, the Warriors recognize the women within their basketball operations department who have made a tremendous impact on the team behind the scenes.&nbsp;

Meet&nbsp;Shannon Stabler, Manager of Basketball operations and team development for the Santa Cruz Warriors.&nbsp;

Stabler developed her athlete mindset from her collegiate soccer experience at Cal Poly. Her first experience working in sports came within the community relations department for the Oakland Raiders. When they moved to Las Vegas, Stabler wanted to remain in the Bay Area, joining the Warriors in a similar role before transitioning to the basketball operations side of the business.&nbsp;

“My passion has always been sports so I wanted to stay in the business,” Stabler said. "After playing for so long, I’ve loved the athlete mindset.” 

Stabler is there for the players both on and off the court, assisting with getting them to practices and helping with flights, hotels and even housing. She has enjoyed having such a relatively large group of women within the organization and is always looking to give back to the next generation.&nbsp;

"When I got into the industry, I made it a point when people reached out to set up informational interviews because I knew that was something I was searching for coming up," Stabler said.&nbsp;

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Women of the Warriors: Shannon Stabler

Meet&nbsp;Chloe Walkup, Director of Team Operations and Family Services for the Warriors.&nbsp;

Walkup wears many hats with the Warriors managing game nights at Chase Center and taking care of operational tasks for players and their family members on the road. Walkup didn't initially envision working in sports, getting her start in child development. In 2014, she transitioned into the industry as a basketball operations assistant and has since worked her way up to her current director role. Walkup is in her 10th NBA season and has learned throughout her experience to stay true to herself through the ups and downs. 

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Warriors Director of Team Operations and Family Services Chloe Walkup | Women's Empowerment Month

“My advice to women trying to get in sports is to always stay true to yourself," Walkup said. "Some days it’s not going to be perfect — nothing is perfect — stay as strong as you can be; one way or another it’s going to work out."

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Women of the Warriors: Chloe Walkup

Meet&nbsp;Tatiana Lampley, a Basketball Operations Coordinator for the Warriors.

Lampley was born in Italy and introduced to basketball by her father Lemone, a professional player overseas. Lampley was a women's basketball manager in college and worked at Nike Chicago while pursuing a degree in finance/accounting. Lampley was frustrated and disappointed to hear repeatedly that the sports industry was 'male-dominated' but did have people in her corner to help her along the way. After college, she was selected as an inaugural participant of the Future Basketball Operations Stars program. A great piece of advice that she received was that 'no question is dumb or silly; just ask.' 

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Warriors Basketball Operations Coordinator Tatiana Lampley | Women's Empowerment Month

"I won the Sports Business Journal award for new voices under 30 before taking this role and they asked where I wanted to be in five years and I said working in an NBA or WNBA front office," Lampley said. "Six months later, I was working in the NBA." As a successful Black woman in the industry, Lampley gives back to her community by being an active mentor to HBCU students looking to work in sports.

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Women of the Warriors: Tatiana Lampley

Meet&nbsp;Toral Desai, a Head Athletic Trainer and Physical Therapist for the Santa Cruz Warriors.

As a first-generation Indian college graduate, Toral Desai attended the University of Pacific, where she studied sports science. Desai then got her athletic training degree, which she used to work at UCLA for a couple of years before coming to Santa Cruz. Her day-to-day responsibilities with the G-League team include conducting physicals, handling practice and game injuries and rehab/preventative rehab. Seeing few women in the industry, Desai hoped she would one day get her opportunity and was elated for it to happen with the home team she grew up rooting for. 

“Having the opportunity to work for the team I grew up watching all my life, I never thought I’d get to, but it’s been incredible,” Desai said. "Then, my first year, getting a ring with them was something I'd never imagined."