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Highlights
- Mothers and daughters, coaches and players, athletic vs. academic cultures: Go-to Girl provides a portrait of student-athlete J.J. Gearhart as she navigates life at an elite school.
- Author(s): Jenyth Jj Gearhart
- 300 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
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About the Book
Once Title IX unlocked the door JJ Gearhart entered male-dominated Division I sports. She navigates troubles and injuries in the world of Stanford University and eventually rallies to help propel Stanford to the NCAA Volleyball Final Four.
Book Synopsis
Mothers and daughters, coaches and players, athletic vs. academic cultures: Go-to Girl provides a portrait of student-athlete J.J. Gearhart as she navigates life at an elite school. One of the first female athletics scholarship recipients at Stanford University, J.J.'s ambitions are simple: she wants an Olympic volleyball career and a medical school degree. She hopes to find a cure for her mother's mysterious autoimmune illness before her Mama Jo dies. A heroine's journey full of obstacles, Go-to Girl: Digs, Dives and a Golden Spike celebrates the strange and magical culture of 1980s Stanford University, as Gearhart learns that life is not about finding herself; it's about creating a self, full of purpose and joy.