The Women’s Sports Foundation, and its national sponsor Gatorade®, awarded a total of $100,000 in 2014. The Travel & Training Fund provides direct financial assistance to aspiring athletes – in individual and team sports - with successful competitive records who have the potential to achieve even higher performance and rankings. Travel & Training grants allow serious female athletes a chance to fulfill their potential on the regional, national or international level through assistance for coaching, specialized training, equipment, athletic attire, and/or travel.
As a grant recipient, it is my goal to not only raise my level of competition in the sport of judo, but assist the Women's Sports Foundation and Gatorade in providing greater visibility and recognition of female athletes and women's sports.
I am truly honored and humbled to be associated with phenomenal female athletes like Michelle Akers, Vonetta Flowers, Picabo Street, Kristi Yamaguchi as an alumna of the Traveling and Training Fund.