Appoorva Muralinath

Appoorva Muralinath (born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu) is an Indian basketball player and coach. She was an active athlete from 2005-2017. She played on the India women's national basketball team from 2010-2015. She is a power forward/Center. She is the daughter of K. Muralinath who played for the Indian National Men's Basketball Team in the 1982 Asian Games.Jr.Celtics youth basketball coach.

Appoorva Muralinath
No. 22 – India
PositionPower forward/center
LeagueBFI
Personal information
BornChennai, Tamil Nadu
NationalityIndian
Listed height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)

Education
Degree/Certifications Institution/Organizations
Personal Trainer American Council on Exercise, United States[1]
USA Basketball Gold Certified Coach (License #41781466)
American Red Cross Certified CPR, AED & First Aid
PGC Playmaker course Wheaton College, Norton, MA
International Federation of Basketball Association certified Academy Manager's Programme

Personal details

Jr.Celtics youth basketball coach.[2]

Employment details
  • Boston Celtics- Jr. Celtics Youth Basketball Coach.[3]
  • Employed as Assistant Coach –Williams College, Williamstown, MA.[4]
  • Employed as an Assistant Director - CMF Academy, Shrewsbury.[5]

Professional-playing experience

2015: Professional Basketball Athlete Representing Country India

•Represented the Indian Senior Women Basketball team at the 26th FIBA Asian Championship for Women held at Wuhan, China.[6][7]

•16 International teams participated.

2012: Professional Basketball Athlete Representing Country India[1]

•Represented the Indian Senior Women Basketball Team at the William Jones Cup for Women held at Taipei, Taiwan.

•10 International teams participated.

2011: National Games of India

•Represented her state team (Tamil Nadu) in National Games Championship organized by Indian Olympic Association (IOA) at Ranchi, India[8]

•More than 30 state teams participated.

•Secured Gold medal in the championship.

2006 – 2015: Played for National Championships

•Played 10 Senior National Championships organized by the Basketball Federation of India (BFI).

•All (30) state teams participated.

•Has been awarded with 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze medals.

•Has represented her state (Tamil Nadu) team as well the (Indian Railways)[9]

2012 – 2016: Professional All India Inter-Railway Championships[10]

•Played 5 Inter-Railway Championships organized by Indian Railways.

•4 state zones/16 teams participated.

•Has been awarded with 4 Gold, 1 Silver medals.

•Has captained the team (Southern Railway), and have received various awards.

2008-2012: All India Inter-University National Championships

•Played 5 Inter-University National Championships.

•More than 50 university teams participated.

•Has been awarded 2 gold and 3 silver medals.

•Has represented two different teams in 5 years.

•Has captained SRM University and Madras University team, and have received various awards including the most valuable player (MVP) award and the best re-bounder award.

2006 – 2008: Junior, Youth and School National Championships

•Represented and captained her state as well as the school teams in various national championships.in the championships.

•Has captained the teams in the championships, and received various awards including the most valuable player (MVP) award and the best re-bounder award.

Professional-coaching experience
  • 2020-2021 , Personal Trainer & Strength Coach- Boston Sports Club, Westborough- MA.
  • 2020-2021 , Season-2 Assistant Coach for women's basketball team & Strength Coach for women's basketball team Dean College, Franklin – Massachusetts.
  • 2019-2020 , Season-1 Assistant Coach for women's basketball team & Strength Coach for women's basketball team Dean College, Franklin – Massachusetts.
  • 2019 , Coached 5 Fall AAU seasons for CMF basketball, Shrewsbury-MA.
  • 2019 , Coached 3 Spring AAU season for CMF Basketball, Shrewsbury- MA.
  • 2019 , Directed Summer camps for CMF Basketball, Shrewsbury- MA.
  • 2019 , Coached & Directed Skill camps and clinics for CMF Basketball, Shrewsbury- MA.
  • 2018 - 2019 , Assistant coach for the Girls varsity team – St. Peter-Marian, Worcester- MA.
  • 2018 , Coached Summer camps for CMF Basketball, Shrewsbury- MA.
  • 2018 , Coached Summer camps for Blazers Basketball, Framingham -MA.
  • 2018 , Coached & Directed Skill camps and clinics for CMF Basketball, Shrewsbury- MA.
  • March 6th – May 24th 2018 , Coached 8th grade Blazers AAU girls' team. Guided the team to win Zero Gravity Division 2 State Championship, and the team was ranked #3 in 8th grade girls club team in New England.
  • February 2018 (3 weeks) , Assisted the head coach (Frank Ferreer) of the Varsity Girls' team of St. Peter-Marian High School.
  • March 14th – May 2nd 2018 , Directed and coached weekly basketball clinic for 60 youth players. My roles included – Head coach, Program director and site Manager.
  • June 9th – June 20th 2018 , Directed & coached weekly basketball clinic for 30 youth players. My roles included – Head coach, Program director and site Manager.
  • March 12th – May 21st 2018 , Lead and ran pick-up basketball clinics.

Awards and Accomplishments
  • Delivered motivational speeches to school and college students as honorary guest on various sports events.
  • Received full degree scholarship (under sports) from my university, represented/captained my university team, and have won various championships for my university.
  • Have received numerous awards and felicitations for representing the state, university, national teams and the country.

References
  3. https://www.nba.com/celtics/jrceltics
  4. https://ephsports.williams.edu/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/appoorva_muralinath/506
  5. https://www.cmfbasketball.com/staff
  6. Madhok, Karan (9 August 2015). "Hoopistani: Team India for 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship selected in Bengaluru".
  7. "Kerala pips Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. 3 January 2011.
  8. Nair, Avinash (4 February 2013). "ONGC men and TN women emerge champions" – via www.thehindu.com.
  9. "Basketball Federation of India - Preview – Senior National Basketball Championship 2016- Part I". basketballfederationindia.org. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  10. "Southern Railway beat Eastern, enter semis". dtNext.in. 8 April 2016. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

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