Sports Illustrated unveiled its list of the 50 Most Influential Figures in Sports this week and included among these legendary athletes, coaches, and other sports icons was University of Virginia alum Dawn Staley. SI broke the list down into different categories of influential sports figures and Staley was indexed right at the beginning in a section called “Icons and Leaders” that also included LeBron James, Tiger Woods, Simone Biles, Tom Brady, and Lionel Messi.
Here’s what Sports Illustrated associate editor Clare Brennan had to say about Dawn Staley in the influential figures story, which can be read in its entirety here: