Item Details

creator

Beverly, Parker

Connor Riddick, Tracy

date

2021-12-09

2022-09-14T18:15:03Z

2022-09-14T18:15:03Z

2022-09-14 (issued)

description

Tracy Connor-Riddick graduated from Wake Forest University in 1996 as a Health & Exercise major. She is a 1999 graduate from Wake Forest's physician assistant program. During her time at the University, Connor-Riddick was a member of the women's basketball team, making several records during her career. In the 1992-1993 season she was named ACC Rookie of the Year and received Freshman All-American honors. As of 2021, her record for the most rebounds in a single game is still unbeaten (22 against NC State in 1993). In 2016, Connor-Riddick became the first African American woman inducted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame. In this interview, Connor-Riddick discusses her historic athletic career, mentioning some of her most memorable moments and how this shaped her post-graduate trajectory. Despite the implementation of Title IX, she and her teammates were still not equal to the money generating programs like men's basketball and football. Connor-Riddick explores this inequality and sheds light on how she and others had to overcome these obstacles. Additionally, she provides insight into the lack of diversity in the campus community.

format

video/mp4

32:11 minutes

oral histories (document genres)

Permalink

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/101234

language

English

relation

Special Collections and Archives

Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Wake Forest University

History of Wake Forest University Oral histories (RG53.1.2 )

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subject

Expanded Wake Voices

ACC Rookie of the Year

Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame

Title IX

Diversity

Women's history

Women's athletics

Inclusive Student Life Collection

College athletes

Health education

Science--Study and teaching

Physicians' assistants

African American women basketball players

College sports--Awards--United States

African Americans--History

title

Connor Riddick, Tracy (Video Interview)

type

Moving Image