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University of Louisville senior Tia Gibbs is averaging 8 points and 3.1 rebounds per game this year. She scored a careerhigh 23 points at Oklahoma this season.  As a business major, Gibbs has been on the dean’s list and athletic director’s honor roll for four consecutive years.  She devotes her free time to community service organizations, among them, Girls on the Run and Habitat for Humanity.

School: University of Louisville
Year: 2014
Major: Master of Business Administration, already completed Economics degree in undergrad

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