Chantelle (Chantelle Anderson)

@MissChantelle

Ethan Austin (Ethan Austin)

@@ethanaustin

PrincessPunish (Sarah Beauchamp)

@PrincessPunish

#29 Defensive Back, Palm Beach Punishers Women's Professional Full Contact Tackle Football Team in the Independent Women's Football League www.iwflsports.com

RollerWomyn (Robin Bernstein)

@RollerWomyn

As a Freshman in High School, I was too shy to tryout for softball, so I became the assistant manager of our Varsity team. The closest I got to playing sports was to dance with our Drill Team in cheerleader outfits in front of our marching band. More than two decades later, I am tired of being shy and through with standing on everyone else's sidelines. I'm in training to become a DC Rollergirl! I may be over 15 years older than many of my other ladies-in-training, but I've got my sense of humor and a lifelong desire to be an athlete!

Apryl (Apryl DeLancey)

@WomenLikeSports

Obsessed sports fan, lefty golfer, goofy surfer/skater, ice skater, inline skater, hiker, hoops, wiffle ball, catch, too much to list!

AnnGaff (Ann Gaffigan)

@anngaff

Chief Technical Officer, Women Talk Sports. I competed in Track & Field and Cross-Country in college at the University of Nebraska and competed professionally in Track & Field (3000m Steeplechase) from when I graduated in May 2004 until the 2008 Olympic Trials.

JHayes (Joanna Hayes)

@joannahayes1223

Track athlete for most of my life...2004 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 100 hurdles and Olympic record holder at 12.37! I love sports and what is does for young girls and women, I believe I will be active for the rest of my life. Currently I am rehabbing my knee (I had patella tendon surgery in December) I have gone through so many ups and downs in my career but no matter what I have the Olympic Gold Medal that I dreamed about my entire life so everything else is just a bonus or learning experience. I love children and have spent time working the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Youth Center in East St. Louis, I am currently a coach at Harvard Westlake High School as well as a personal coach and trainer. I have a new non profit foundation Joanna Hayes Foundation that I am super excited about. My foundation focuses on the whole child by emphasizing three parts the mind, body, and spirit using education, sports, and life skills to enhance each part.

Sports Granny (Lois Heilig)

@loisheilig

I'm a 75 year old Syracuse fan who loves Women’s basketball, especially the Indiana Fever.

LHiggs (Lesley Higgins)

@le_diable

Former competitive fast-pitch softball player and dancer turned steeplechaser with a best finish of 2nd in the NCAA mile and a finalist in the 2008 Olympic Trials 3000m steeplechase

mhueter (Megan Hueter)

@mhueter

I'm one of the co-founders of WomenTalkSports.com. I'm also a full-time digital public affairs professional at Edelman Public Relations in Washington, D.C. I coach an AAU girls basketball team in Bethesda, MD. I played basketball my entire life, and am a proud graduate of The College of New Jersey in Ewing, NJ.

amber2jewel (Amber J)

@amber2jewel

Laura Landgreen (Laura Landgreen)

@lauralandgreen

I was a swimmer at the University of Nebraska specializing in the individual medley and breaststroke. I have moved my focus away from the pool and am now testing out my abilities in my favorite sport to watch: distance running.

emmavsmma (Emma May)

@emmavsmma

When Emma was in grade school, her uncle was a world champion boxer and celebrity. Young Emma received exceeding amounts of attention and developed a deep affection for the pugilistic arts.

Q McCall (Quentin McCall)

@qmccall3

(From www.swishappeal.com) Quentin McCall currently writes for SwishAppeal.com and started the Rethinking Basketball blog in 2008 as a public journal of his thoughts about the WNBA from a NBA fan’s perspective. Based in Seattle, he has followed the Storm most closely during the 2009 season, but follows as many games as time and WNBA LiveAccess permit. As part of his own efforts to learn the game, "Q." has used a combination of advanced statistics and observation to better understand the game and provide rich analyses of the sport he loves. His enjoyment of the WNBA has led to an interest in NCAA women’s basketball and at the conclusion of the WNBA season, he will begin covering Seattle-area NCAA basketball as well.

Dr. Rick McGuire (Dr. Rick McGuire)

Dr. McGuire is the Head Track and Field Coach at the University of Missouri and is the President of the NCAA Division 1 Coaches of USTFCCCA. He is also the Chairman of Sport Psychology for USA Track and Field, and leads a group of 30 of the top Sport Psychology professionals in the U.S., dedicated to providing education and service to our Track and Field Coaches and Athletes. They will provide an applied sport psychology article in each succeeding publication of Techniques. If you wish further information, ideas or assistance, you can find contact information for their group on the USTFCCCA website.

MsAkiba (Akiba McKinney)

@MsAkiba

i like water!

JessMendoza (Jessica Mendoza)

@jessmendoza

Jessica Mendoza is a Softball Olympian and the Women's Sports Foundation's current President. She and her husband are expecting a baby in August!

TimNATC (Tim Newman)

@TimNATC

My Name is Tim Newman. I am the Sport Management Program Coordinator at York College of Pennsylvania. I have a wonderful family and we are all passionate about sports. Generally if I am not teaching, I am either researching aspects of the sport industry, traveling to sport related events or playing golf. I love teaching the business aspect of the sport industry and watching the students grow both personally and professionally. Blogging and social media is a somewhat new interest for me. I am already incorporating this into the classes I teach and have helped students get jobs using social media such as Linkedin and Twitter.

TanaPoppino (Tana Poppino)

Tana Poppino is one of the top barrel racers in the country winning the Calgary Stampede, the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo in Denver and numerous other events.

Jane (Jane Schonberger)

@PrettyTough

Chief Trailblazer of Pretty Tough the premier lifestyle brand for girls who are fun, fierce & feminine.

Anne (Anne Shadle)

I am a former professional Track & Field athlete who is now working on a Sports Psychology degree while helping coach the distance runners at the University of Nebraska. I hope some of the writing I do for my classes is helpful to you as an athlete!

RainbowSmite (Rainbow Smite)

I am a rollergirl with Rollergirls Of Central Kentucky (ROCK), which is in its second competitive season.

MarieS (Marie Spano)

@mariespano

Marie Spano, MS, RD/LD, FISSN, CSCS is one of the leading sports nutrition and nutrition communications experts in North America. Currently serving as Vice President of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, she has helped elite, professional and amateur athletes go beyond their personal best and achieve maximum performance in their respective sport. Marie is also a highly sought after advisor to some of the most respected food and nutritional supplement companies in American and Europe. She has formulated products, developed marketing materials and provided media communications exposure through TV, radio and public speaking. Marie is also an accomplished researcher with regular contributions to popular press magazines such as Muscle & Fitness Hers and FitnessRx for Women, as well as industry publications. She is the co-editor of a forthcoming Human Kinetics textbook on Sports Nutrition. Ms. Spano started off playing softball (scholarship) and soccer at McDaniel College in Maryland before transferring to the University of North Carolina, Greensboro where she sat out a year (boo NCAA regs) before earning a scholarship on the Women's Cross Country Team. Her BS is in Exercise and Sports Science and MS is in Nutrition from UGA.

hellodarcy (Darcy Turenne)

In summary... I live on an island where your car's capacity to hold bikes, skis, and surfboards is much more valued than its price or paintjob. I currently earn a living as a professional freeride mountain biker and waking up each day knowing that I've been able to turn my childhood passion into a job still amazes me. My heart ticks slowly and it takes a lot to make my adrenaline surge. However, it takes very little to make me smile. I have a BA in geography and environmental studies and I have begun my MA in communications with a focus on international and intercultural communications. Since the age of 19 I have worked in television. A majority of that time has been working as a host and field producer of a travel mountain bike show that airs in 80 countries. One day I'd like to meet the people who do the VoiceOver for me in other languages...if the Japanese "Darcy Turenne" is reading this I'd love to take you for dinner! Sometimes the activities I enjoy the most in life are the things that I am the worst at because I have an addiction to climbing learning curves. I'm a terrible runner...thank goodness for bikes! I have a passion for videography and story telling. My biggest inspirations are artists that make the mundane beautiful. I believe that my participation in sports as a child was the most powerful and positive influence on my confidence and identity formation. Sports are a gift and sharing that gift with as many girls as possible will make the world a more peaceful place.