Sports Illustrated and Empower Onyx are putting the spotlight on the diverse journeys of Black women across sports—from the veteran athletes, to up-and-coming stars, coaches, executives and more—in the series, Elle-evate: 100 Influential Black Women in Sports.
Khristina Williams has always been a basketball fan. Growing up in Harlem, she witnessed the making of a basketball superstar in Shannon Bobbitt, who eventually went on to play in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Spark, Indiana Fever and Washington Mystics. "She was just the best at what she did. I was like, 'okay, she can do it, I can do it,'" Williams says.
