In celebration of Women’s History Month, we’re proud to deliver our first-ever all-female podcast episode featuring a handful of accomplished women and trailblazers in the basketball world. Abby Chin and Amanda Pflugrad host and bring in Big East Commissioner and the first president of the WNBA Val Ackerman, Connecticut Sun President Jen Rizzotti, and Boston Celtics scout and three-time national champion Ashley Battle. The group weaves through a long list of topics all centered around what it’s like to be a woman in the sporting world, and in particular, the world of basketball.
2:20 – Abby and Amanda welcome in their ridiculously impressive list of guests
3:35 – Val Ackerman explains the path she’s taken to becoming the Commissioner of the Big East
5:55 – Ashley Battle jumps in to tell the story of her career
7:55 – Jen Rizzotti rounds out the group by explaining how she came to be president of the Connecticut Sun
11:20 – Rizzotti and Battle explain how the WNBA bubble empowered the players of the league
15:00 – Ackerman states her ‘four buckets’ between the connection of women and sports
18:00 – Ackerman recalls an experience that scarred her and proved to her just how much more work needs to be done within FIBA to embrace women in basketball
23:43 – The group discusses the challenges women face of having a family while trying to build their careers
28:15 – The group gives advice on how to overcome challenges while discussing their own stories
32:40 – Allison Feaster, the Celtics’ Vice President of Player Development and Organizational Growth, is discussed amongst the group
36:05 – Rizzotti reveals her perspective on women in the workforceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.