S1E24: Chamique Holdslaw, 1998 Award Winner
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Chamique Holdsclaw’s story is one that a takes a young girl in the projects of New York City to the world stage through basketball. The sport fell into her lap...
show moreand then her pride in winning the 1998 Honda Cup. She also takes us on a journey through her 10 year WNBA career; the 2000 Olympics and later how she faced mental health issues. She describes what she learned from her coaches through her competitive years and especially the tough love of Pat Summit.
Chamique shares not only the trials of mental illness but also the hope as she credits the changes in the past 10 years where athletes have more support, not just for their bodies but their minds and hearts and where science acknowledges the chemical imbalances at its root. She believes that so many people with the genetic component of anxiety, depression or bipolar diagnoses need kindness, understanding and engagement. And we need to talk about it. She joined her sorority sisters at Alpha Kappa Alpha in wearing pearls and Converse for the inauguration of sorority sister VP Kamala Harris. Chamique discusses the life lessons from sport that one learns and how it relates to her present serving as a mental health advocate while raising her 16 month old son with spouse Cara.
Host: Chris Voelz
A co-production with the Collegiate Women's Sports Awards
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