An Evanston Township High School student-athlete received an honorary ESPY ahead of the 2022 awards.
For her work as a student-athlete and her efforts to support other girls of color in sports, Ohlson has been awarded with the 2022 Honorary ESPY for Outstanding Female Athlete.Ohlson doesn't just take pride in her athleticism. To her, engaging with her community is also important.
This year's ESPY awards fall alongside the 50-year anniversary of Title IX, the civil rights legislation that prohibited gender-based discrimination in educational institutions that are federally funded. "We're actually going out to community centers where kids already are and meeting them where they're at," Ohlson said."So hopefully with learning basic skills, they'll have the confidence to go to a course one day.""I feel like two of the main things that are holding people of color and girls back from playing golf is, first, that it's a very expensive sport," Ohlson said.
"Rather than point fingers at people and say, 'How come this person doesn't do it?' or 'How come they're not doing this?' She said, 'Hey, I can do it, make a difference,'" Livatino said."I just respect when our kids take ownership of problem-solving like that."Ohlson said she didn't expect to win, and gives credit to her parents.
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