Sports Illustrated and Empower Onyx are putting the spotlight on the diverse journeys of Black women across sports—from the veteran athletes, to up-and-coming stars, coaches, executives and more—in the series, Elle-evate: 100 Influential Black Women in Sports.
Sherryta Freeman is used to being the only woman in the room, or the only Black person in the room—and more often than not, both. But it doesn’t scare her at all. In fact, it seems like she always finds a way to turn that adversity into velocity, propelling her onward toward her next milestone.