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  • Through Her Eyes

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    The Through Her Eyes series is a storytelling platform dedicated to giving a first-person voice to women in sports across Middle Tennessee. Each story is developed through conversation and shaped into a first-person narrative that reflects the lived experiences of athletes, coaches, and leaders. The series goes beyond traditional profiles to explore how women navigate identity, opportunity, and value within systems that do not always provide equal visibility, support, or recognition. Through Her Eyes is committed to reflecting on the broader landscape of women in sports. By centering perspective and lived experience, this platform creates a deeper understanding of what it means to move through the game as a woman today, through her eyes.

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    Candice Storey Lee, Vanderbilt university

    THROUGH HER EYES | POWERED BY 227 ADAVANTAGE


    some scars you can see. most, you cannot.

    There are the visible ones, the ones from knee surgeries, staples, and years of physical pain.

    Then there are the other scars, the ones that come from being the first and carrying expectations people celebrate from the outside but do not always understand from within.

    People often talk about breaking glass ceilings.

    They less often talk about what happens when you are the one standing closest to the glass.....Read More

  • PAST THROUGH HER EYES STORIES

    Through Her Eyes: Candice Storey Lee, Vanderbilt University
    September 1, 2026
    some scars you can see. most, you cannot. There are the visible ones, the ones from knee...
    Through Her Eyes: Maya Johnson, Belmont UnIversity Softball
    June 22, 2026
    People hear my story, the lupus diagnosis, the chemo, the highs and lows of softball, and they...
    HBCU Through Her Eyes by Katrina Chambers
    January 8, 2024
    Those early years marked by my coach’s command to “hustle”, became my proving ground, igniting...
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    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    Dr. Carolyn Adkerson is a researcher and founder of 227 Advantage, a strategic consulting firm focused on building structure, developing strategy, and creating scalable growth for entrepreneurs, athletes, and organizations. Her work supports clients in translating vision into clear positioning, partnerships, and opportunities. Her research and practice sit at the intersection of sports, identity, and access, with a focus on how women navigate and experience the systems that shape the evolving sports landscape.

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