IX at 50: The Lady Vols Experience
IX at 50: The Lady Vols Experience is an oral history that celebrates the work of legendary UT Coach Pat Summitt and the UT Women’s Athletics family in working towards greater equality for all women and girls, no matter where they were born.Each episode, co-hosted by Dr. Sarah J. Hillyer, founder of the Center for Sport, Peace, and Society, and Olympian LaVonna Martin Floreal (Class of 1989), will unpack how this UT story is also a global one, thanks to the careers and experiences of Lady Vol athletes, coaches, and administrators, and what the present-day implications are of UT’s unique role in Title IX’s global effect.
IX at 50: The Lady Vols Experience
Diamond Dynasty: Karen Weekly
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The Center for Sport, Peace & Society
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Season 1
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Episode 3
In this exciting chapter, Dr. Sarah and LaVonna welcome UT softball coach Karen Weekly, who for more than two decades has inspired and inscribed a championship tradition among generations of Lady Vol softball players. Since 2002, Karen’s teams have knocked it out of the park, winning titles and setting the bar higher for generations of UT female athletes.