San Francisco Enchantées

We are a non-profit youth organization with 10 teams of over 100 girls in second to twelfth grades. Since 2002, we have awarded an annual college scholarship to a deserving player from our senior team.

Who We Are

Over 40 years ago, Grace Nakai coached a girl's basketball team called the Chantelles which was comprised of nineteen girls from San Francisco. Her desire to accommodate and give every girl a chance to play resulted in her decision to split the girls into two teams. With her wisdom and guidance, the San Francisco Enchantées began their girls' basketball organization to promote good sportsmanship, leadership, and most of all establish great friendships. Since 1977, the Enchantées have hosted annual tournaments. Starting in 2000, the Enchantees along with the San Francisco Associates hosts a yearly Joint Tournament on Mother's Day weekend in the Bay Area. Today, we continue to emphasize character building, discipline, and respect for one another and are proud that many generations of returning families, first as players and now as coaches and moms, have shared Grace Nakai's vision.

Objectives

The Enchantées objectives and purposes are to provide a vehicle for promoting in Asian American girls and their families:

Self-esteem
Discipline and good character
Friendship and cooperation
Sportsmanship, teamwork, and healthy competitive spirit
Contribution and leadership
Values of family, heritage, and culture

In fulfilling our objectives and purposes, we hope to strive:

to utilize sports, including but not limited to basketball, or other endeavors as a means of developing individual skills and team play,
to encourage our youths' contribution to the community beyond their participation as players,
to seek continual opportunities for involvement in and contribution to the community, and
to design and sponsor activities that serve and support the Asian American community.

League

EBGAL

To foster amateur organized athletic competition for Japanese American organizations
To promote good sportsmanship and fair play
To promote goodwill amongst the membership
To promote goodwill within the community