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Ta’Kenya Nixon has scored 1,760 career points as a member of Eastern Illinois University’s women’s basketball team, third in school history. She is also third in career steals (259) and career assists (585). She is second in the OVC and 26th nationally in assists with 5.8 per game. She ranks ninth in the OVC in scoring (13.8 ppg), 13th in rebounding (6.1 rpg), ninth in field-goal percentage (.442), second in assists (5.8) and third in steals (2.4). Nixon is a three-time All-OVC First Team Selection and a Two Time OVC Defensive Player of the Year.

School: Eastern Illinois University
Year: 2013
Major: Biological Science

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