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Jadtrl Heard started all 15 games for Alcorn State's women's soccer team in 2010. The junior applied science/radiation technology major was named the conference's Freshman of the Year in 2008. She is a SWAC All-Academic team member, a Presidential Scholar and a member of the National Honor Society. Heard also volunteers at the Natchez Children's Home and is a radio announcer for two local radio stations.

School: Alcorn State University
Year: 2011
Major: Applied Science/Radiation Technology

A New Track: Fostering Diversity and Equity in Athletics
American sport has always served as a platform for resistance and has been measured and critiqued by how it responds in critical moments of racial and social crises.
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A New Track: Fostering Diversity and Equity in Athletics