Speakers & Trainers
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Candace Parker
Candace played for Coach Pat Summitt and won back-to-back national championships during her time at the University of Tennessee. Candace’s honors include being a two-time Final Four MVP, Associated Press “Female Athlete of the Year,” Naismith College Player of the Year, two John R. Wooden Awards, WNBA Champion, WNBA All-Star and Rookie of the Year and a two-time ESPY Award Recipient.
Joan Cronan
Joan Cronan worked with Coach Pat Summitt at the University of Tennessee, where Joan served as the Women’s Athletics Director. Some of her many honors include the NCAA President’s Pat Summitt Award, 3-Time SEC All-Sports Award, Athletic Director of the Year, AOPI Citizen of the Year, Women’s Economic Council “E” Award and the U.S. Sports Academy Sports Management Award.
Tyler Summitt
Tyler is the Co-Founder of Pat Summitt Leadership Group, dedicated to helping others through Pat’s transformative leadership philosophy, as well as Co-Founder and Board Member of the Pat Summitt Foundation, which continues Pat’s legacy by funding researched aimed at finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease.
Christina Reckard
Christina is the President of Pat Summitt Leadership Group, and former Chief Marketing Officer for Southwestern Family of Companies. She blends her own extensive leadership experience to educate, inspire, and empower audiences with the proven principles of Coach Pat Summitt. She was awarded the Nashville Business Journal’s C-Suite Award in 2024.
Nkolika Anosike
For four years, under the tutelage of legendary coach Pat Summitt, Nkolika “Nicky” Anosike learned not only about the game of basketball, but also more notably, the game of life. As a former player for Coach Summitt, Nicky is a two-time national champion at the University of Tennessee (2007 and 2008), a former WNBA All-Star, as well as being named 2008 NCAA Woman of the Year, becoming just the second college basketball player to ever do so since the award started in 1995.