All she wanted to do was play basketball, but in the process, she broke barriers, fought for equality and changed the game forever.
Ann Meyers Drysdale first started playing basketball at four years old, completely unaware of where that would lead her. Her father played basketball at Marquette as he and her mother were very supportive of all eleven of their children pursuing sports at a young age, uncommon for a typical household in the 1960s.
“Our parents encouraged all of us, both their daughters and their sons to play sports,” Ann said. “We were always outside playing, whether it was summer or wintertime in Chicago in the snow.