by admin | Jan 24, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
To Mikaela Shiffrin goes the crown, literally and figuratively. The 27-year-old Shiffrin broke fellow American Lindsey Vonn’s record for World Cup victories by a female skier with her 83rd win on Tuesday, in a giant slalom race in Kronplatz, Italy. The winner of...
by admin | Jan 4, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Karen Bryant, former longtime executive for the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, has been named chief administrative officer and general manager of the Los Angeles Sparks, the team announced Tuesday. Bryant was with the Storm for 15 years, including championship seasons in...
by admin | Dec 16, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Billie Moore, the history-making women’s basketball coach that won national championships with two different schools, died Wednesday from cancer, UCLA announced. She was 79. The university reports that she passed away at her Fullerton, California, home...
by admin | Dec 9, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The University of Chicago men’s soccer team is stacked with All-Americans and veteran leaders. But it’s their rookie head coach who is making history. Julianne Sitch guided the university to an undefeated record and top seed in the NCAA Division III Final...
by admin | Dec 8, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe have launched A Touch More, a production company that focuses on the “stories of revolutionaries who move culture forward.” The power couple announced the start of the venture created in partnership with TOGETHXR — the media and...
by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Brown University first-year student Olivia Pichardo made history by becoming the first woman in history to play Division 1 college baseball. Pichardo spoke with ABC News’ Stephanie Ramos about how she has persisted and achieved success, the biggest challenges she sees...
by admin | Nov 23, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
New Connecticut Sun head coach Stephanie White on Tuesday teased a new offensive system and fresh energy she intends to bring to Uncasville in hopes of finally pushing a franchise that’s been on the cusp of winning a championship over the edge. “To me, a...
by admin | Nov 22, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
With Monday’s official announcement of Stephanie White as new coach of the Connecticut Sun, every WNBA coaching position is now filled for the 2023 season. White returns to the WNBA, where she previously was head coach of the Indiana Fever in 2015 and 2016....
by admin | Nov 18, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga hopes that being selected to referee at the men’s World Cup, the first time women are doing so in 92 years of the competition, will open doors for other aspiring female officials in Africa. Earlier this year, she became the first...
by admin | Nov 15, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Kathryn Nesbitt had spent a decade balancing parallel careers in analytical chemistry and soccer officiating when, in 2019, she put her scientific brain to work and synthesized a solution for the most pragmatic path forward. Two weeks before Nesbitt left for France to...
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