{"647300":{"#nid":"647300","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Kierra Fletcher Awarded Women of Color Student-Athlete Impact Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKierra Fletcher, HTS major and GTWBB guard, received the inaugural Women of Color Student-Athlete Impact Award during the 27th annual Tower Awards ceremony. Reflecting on Fletcher\u0026#39;s leadership, GTWBB Associate Head Coach Latasha \u0026quot;Tasha\u0026quot; Butts said,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;That kid \u0026ndash; she\u0026rsquo;s unbelievable!\u0026nbsp;From the first time I stepped on campus two years ago, she and I immediately developed a coach-player bond and I\u0026rsquo;ve seen her leadership grow. I\u0026rsquo;ve seen her grow so much and this year was a huge year for her. For her to be able to develop her ideas and speak to our team about making a difference in this world is remarkable.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Everyone on our team will run through a wall for her. That speaks to the person that she is. She is going to do wonders in this world.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKierra also discussed inequality, awareness, and leadership both on and off the court in a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/diversity.gatech.edu\/news\/winning-differently-three-members-georgia-tech-womens-basketball-talk-inequity-awareness-and?utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_source=daily-digest\u0026amp;utm_campaign=2021-05-07\u0026amp;utm_content=news\u0022\u003Erecent article\u003C\/a\u003E put out by the Office of Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. When asked what leadership meant to her, Kierra said,\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I don\u0026rsquo;t think I understood what that meant until my junior year. I lead by example and do the right thing. If I see something that\u0026rsquo;s unjust, I\u0026rsquo;m going to speak out against it and that\u0026rsquo;s what I\u0026rsquo;ve been doing this whole season.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Off the court as well, I\u0026rsquo;m trying to leave a legacy outside of basketball. Eventually, the ball is going to stop bouncing, so I want to do things that people will remember me by and not just remember me as a basketball player, but as someone who tried to do good.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Kierra Fletcher, HTS major and GTWBB guard, received the inaugural Women of Color Student-Athlete Impact Award during the 27th annual Tower Awards ceremony."}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2021-05-10 16:07:44","changed_gmt":"2021-05-10 16:07:44","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"646953":{"id":"646953","type":"image","title":"GTWBB guard Kierra Fletcher","body":null,"created":"1619562226","gmt_created":"2021-04-27 22:23:46","changed":"1620003097","gmt_changed":"2021-05-03 00:51:37","alt":"","file":{"fid":"245586","name":"Kierra_1.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Kierra_1.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Kierra_1.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":22621,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Kierra_1.jpeg?itok=w-LhXLbZ"}}},"media_ids":["646953"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}