Despite her decades-long list of accomplishments, Dawn Staley established herself even more firmly this year as one of the most successful people on the court — and outspoken off of it. The Athletic’s Women’s College Basketball Person of the Year:
“She teaches you life lessons outside of the court, which is great. I feel like each year, she grows with the generation, with the players who come through the program, and she maneuvers really really well with them,” Harris continued. “If it were not for Dawn Staley, I wouldn’t be the point guard I am today. The woman, the Black woman, the confidence that I have, I wouldn’t have it if it weren’t for her.
seven-year, $22.4 million contract extension. It was a contract she had to fight for after a report by a law firm hired by the NCAA to investigate gender disparities in men’s and women’s basketball.That report inspired Staley — who was already more successful than many male college coaches but not paid as much — to fight for equal pay.in February.
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