You Let Some Little Girl Beat You? with Ann Meyers Drysdale

She’s the only woman in history to sign an NBA contract, and that’s not even her biggest accomplishment.

Ann Meyers Drysdale became the first woman to receive a full Division I athletic scholarship under Title IX, won Olympic silver in 1976, and was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, before spending three decades as a broadcaster and front-office executive for the Phoenix Suns and Mercury.

In this episode, she opens up about growing up one of 11 kids, trying out for the Indiana Pacers in 1979, and the grief and resilience that carried her through raising three children alone after losing her husband, Baseball Hall of Famer Don Drysdale.

In this video, you’ll learn:
-Why Ann calls glass ceiling the wrong metaphor entirely
-How a bruising rejection at 17 gave her the courage to try out for the NBA at 24
-The real difference in how men and women approach opportunity, and how to fix it
-What Ann says is the next real barrier for women in sports leadership