Fierce Female of the Week

Fierce Female of the Week

Fierce Female of the Week

Monday, July 9, 201807/09/2018

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Jackie Joyner-Kersee is an American Olympic legend. She started her training for the Olympics after seeing a teenage Evelyn Ashford…

Monday, July 2, 201807/02/2018

Hope Solo

Hope Solo is one of soccer’s biggest stars and one of the most controversial. She’s one of the top female…

Tuesday, June 26, 201806/26/2018

Simone Biles

Simone Biles is the most dominant American female gymnast of the last 25 years.  Simone’s birth mother was unable to…

Tuesday, June 19, 201806/19/2018

Anne Donovan

Anne Donovan devoted her life to women’s basketball. The 6’8” star athlete out of Ridgewood, New Jersey found success at…

Monday, June 11, 201806/11/2018

Katie Ledecky

Katie Ledecky has taken over women’s swimming, starting in 2012 when she made her first appearance at the Olympic Trials…

Monday, June 4, 201806/04/2018

Danica Patrick

Danica Patrick is is the top female race driver in American auto sports history and has been the face of…

Tuesday, May 29, 201805/29/2018

Diana Taurasi

Diana Taurasi has changed the game of women’s basketball. After a successful prep basketball career in  California, Diana joined the…

Monday, May 21, 201805/21/2018

Breezy Johnson

“Breezy” Breanna Noble Johnson grew up in Victor, Idaho near the Grand Targhee ski area and started skiing at age…

Monday, May 14, 201805/14/2018

Holly Holm

Holly Holm is a hometown hero from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Athletic in high school, her gym instructor encouraged her to…

Monday, May 7, 201805/07/2018

Michelle Wie

Born Wie Sung-mi, Michelle Wie is a professional golfer who was born in Hawaii to first generation Korean immigrants. Her…

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