When Arizona women’s basketball head coach Adia Barnes returned from the Nike Athlete Think Tank last year, she was brimming with excitement and plans for the future. The think tank brought together a number of elite athletes and other women involved in sports to brainstorm ideas that might “improve the experience of girls and women in sport.”
The day after her first trip to Beaverton, Ore., Barnes raved about how motivated it made her feel.
“I’m ready to change the world,” Barnes said last November. “I was so inspired. I’m a part of this group called the Think Tank, and I just, I fan girled because the group is like Serena Williams.