The News-Gazette · Jun 22, 2018
UI at 150: 'What a life-changing moment'
Emily JaensonMemory No. 1,281 on our special UI-at-150 website comes from EMILY JAENSON, who last month became the highest-ranking female in all of minor league baseball:
Sports junkie that she was growing up in Chicagoland, Jaenson arrived at the University of Illinois intent on landing a career in the industry.But it didn't go exactly how the history-making new general manager of Nevada's Reno Aces drew it up.
"I headed off to Illinois knowing I wanted to work in sports but not exactly sure how I would get there, so I selected what seemed obvious to me — physical therapy," she says.