Born December 2, 1978 in California

Played professional basketball in the NBA for 13 seasons

Has played for the New Jersey Nets, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Washington Wizards, and Brooklyn Nets

Became the first active male athlete to come out as gay in the four major league sports leagues

Born in 1985 in California

Professional Boxer

Became the first transgender boxer to fight in a professional fight

Won the USA female amateur boxing championship five times

Has been a keynote speaker for the San Francisco 49's

Sponsored by Everlast as the face of the brand now

Born July 5, 1985

Professional soccer player and member of the US Women's National Team

Named Fifa's Best Women's Soccer Play in 2019

Has won multiple World Cup's and Olympic Gold Medals

Married to Sue Bird- professional basketball player

Uses her platform as an athlete to be an activist, role model, and ally for others

Born April 23, 2000 in Long Beach, California

Professional Snowboarder

Joined the US professional snowboarding team at the age of 13!

Youngest woman to win a Gold Medal in the Olympics for the halfpipe event

Has won titles in all four major snowboarding events

Named one of TIME Magazine's Most Influential People in 2018

Born in Japan in 1973

Professional baseball player- outfielder

Played in the MLB for 19 years

Played on the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, and Miami Marlins

Holds the longest streak of getting 200 hits in a season out of all MLB players

Recorded the most hits of any Japanese-born player in the MLB

First MLB player to enter the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

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Born in 1997 in Brockton Massachusetts

Professional golfer in the LPGA

Became a professional at the age of 14!

First player to be of Hmong and Laotian decent

Longest streak of top 10 finishes

The UMASS Men's Hockey Team won a National Championship on April 9, 2021

They are the first UMASS team to win a National Championship since 1982 (Women's Lacrosse)

Many of the players will go on to play in the NHL

Many players will also stay for more years of UMASS Hockey

None of the players are originally from Massachusetts

Born in 2001 in Minnesota

Named MaxPreps Athlete of the Year his senior year of high school

Has been playing basketball most of his life, now plays for Gonzaga University at the Division I level

Highest ranked recruit Gonzaga has ever had

In his Final Four appearance in 2021 he shot a 30-foot buzzer beater to win the game for Gonzaga and send them to the championship game

Paralympic Sitting Volleyball Gold Medalist

Played Division II volleyball at Queens College in New York

Has won multiple medals since 2011 in different International Competitions

Coaches high school and middle school volleyball teams when not training for the Paralympics

Works at a camp called Nuability Athletics, teaching sports to children ages 5 to 18 with physical disabilities

These are the best teams in the entire country!

Players have worked so hard, especially this season, to practice and perform even with COVID restrictions

Many players will be drafted into the WNBA

In the biggest college tournament, the women's teams have been given less than the men's teams? How is this fair?

We can support by watching the tournament and raising concerns!

Born in Hawaii in 1990

Professional Surfer

Survived a shark attack in 2003 where she lost her left arm

Returned to surfing 26 days after

Has won multiple national titles in surfing

The 1999 soccer team won the Fifa World Cup against China in penalty kicks

The 2019 soccer team beat the Netherlands to win the World Cup

Brianna Scurry, the goalie for the 1999 team, played at UMASS Amherst!

Most successful international women's soccer team

Have advocated and continue to advocate for equal pay for women in sports!

Born in 1943 in Long Beach, CA

Introduced to the sport of tennis at 11 years old and did odd jobs to afford to take lessons

Was not given a college scholarship for tennis and knew she would be paid less in tournaments because she was a woman

Won 39 championships and 20 Wimbledon titles

Used her fame to fight for equal rights and pay for female athletes

Has coached olympic teams and became the first woman commissioner of a professional sports league

Born in 1997 in Japan, moved to the United States when she was 3 years old

Ranked Number 1 by the Women's Tennis Association

Her serve can go 125 MPH!

Named one of 2020's Sports Illustrated Person of the Year

Used her platform as an activist in the Black Lives Matter movement

Part owner of National Women's Soccer League's North Carolina Courage

Born in 1999 in Columbus, Ohio

Collegiate gymnast at UCLA (University of California- Los Angeles

Has been competing at national level since 2010

In January 2021, Dennis went viral for her floor routine the brought Black culture into the world of gymnastics

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Born in 1982 in Chicago, Illinois

American Olympian in Speed Skating

In 2006, Davis became the first Black athlete on Team USA to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympic Games

Set a total of nine world records

Enshrined in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture on the National Mall, where he is honored as one of U.S. sports history’s greatest ‘Gamechangers’