Huskers Personify America?s Tribute to Role-Model WomenHuskers Personify America?s Tribute to Role-Model Women

Huskers Personify America?s Tribute to Role-Model Women

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Women’s History Month originated as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress authorized the President to proclaim March 7, 1982, as “Women’s History Week." 

With respect for leaders the caliber of Rosa Parks, plus women who served in the military, not to mention all the presidents who bring Women's History Month to life every year, Nebraska Athletics is proud of our women student-athletes. They work hard, stay focused, push their academic and athletic talents to the max and personify America’s tribute to role-model women.

To help celebrate Women's History Month as part of Nebraska's Diversity and Inclusion efforts, Lawrence Chatters, our Big Ten Life Skills diversity intern, collaborated with HuskerVision video production specialist Bridget Nelson on two short videos that feature Husker student-athletes.

A doctoral candidate in educational psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Chatters served as the men's coordinator at UNL's Women's Center from 2012-14. "As a father with two daughters, this project meant the world to me," Chatters said. "I know my daughters see their potential in Nebraska's strong student-athlete women, and I was humbled to participate."

Chatters says the Nebraska student-athletes he interviewed remind him of a popular quote from Dr. Maya Angelou, the late poet who said that success is liking yourself, liking what you do and liking how you do it. At Nebraska, women student-athletes set stretch goals for their teams and individually. They sacrifice to meet those goals in academics, in athletics and in life and strive to reinforce one of Angelou's favorite beliefs that we're more alike than unalike. 

Nebraska Continues to Blaze New Trails with Courage, Determination, Heart

Nebraska women student-athletes continue to blaze new trails, showing courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart and talent. Our women take risks, achieve greatness and show us all how equipped they are when prime time becomes crunch time.

The videos in this column feature soccer’s Caroline Flynn, golf’s Morgan Smejkal, rifle’s Alex Lorentz, basketball’s Anya Kalenta and Maddie Simon, tennis’ Maggy Lehmicke, volleyball’s Kelly Hunter and softball’s Mattie Fowler (pictured above).

Please take five minutes of your precious time and watch both videos.

The Husker women featured have a strong and a very powerful voice.

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