I am a first generation college student from Sandusky, Ohio. Reflecting back, the odds were against me. I did not have anyone that I looked up to but, I did know what I did not want to settle for. College was the way for me. With no guidance, one scholarship, and a low ACT score, my collegiate journey began. Bowling Green State University’s Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program offered through TRIO is what led me to where I am today. This program and my mentor Dr. Vikki Krane gave me exposure to research in the sport field and this ultimately started my journey to pursuing a PhD. After graduating from Bowling Green State University, I was accepted in the University of Michigan’s Sport Management master’s program, fully funded. I was awarded with the Rackham Merit Fellowship. This allowed for me to pursue my degree without the burden of balancing a job, courses, and extracurricular activities. I graduated from the University of Michigan with the best grades that I have ever had and as the only Black woman in the 2024 cohort.
Now, I am pursuing my PhD in Sport Administration at the University of Cincinnati. I am a part of the first cohort in the Sport Management PhD program as well as being on track as the first black woman to ever graduate from the program. This degree is also fully funded. I have been honored as a Yates C. Albert Fellowship. This is a prestigious fellowship that the University of Cincinnati offers to its graduate students. I am also a graduate assistant. This allows me to receive research and teaching experience. This fall I will begin my teaching journey as I will be teaching my first lecture.
My goal is to be the representation that is needed. I want to inspire young Black women scholars. We have to see it so we know that we can be it. My career goal is to become a professor at a research based institution. I want to advocate for Black women in the sport space through research as well as impacting future sport leaders in the classroom.
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