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hello to the american studies department here at cal state fullerton. hello to mom and dad.if they're watching at home, i love you very much. i am honored to get to speak here today to my american nightlife students and also, this event is doubling as the fall 2022 grad faculty colloquium in the american studies department here at cal state fullerton. it's a tradition here in the american studies department for faculty

she had won a national championship at cal state fullerton, went on to win a national championship at ucla. she lives out in southern california now. i was really so happy to have a chance to interview for the book, she, i guess you could say, if you think about pat and this, you know, demanding successful stern coach that was billy moore and pat summitt learned from her credits her as her role model, you know, and really a mentor, lifelong mentor in coaching. and so we were really fortunate that that's you hired to be the coach this team. she was the perfect person for the job demanding excellence from this group of women again to do something that had never attempted before. so yeah, and i think that's a great segue into, you know, we know when we've and we know that, you know, millie made some, you know, basketball on the court but your book about so much more than that and if you could just talk a little bit about why you chose to approach your book that way. yeah. so with all of my books, i think it's i love sports. i'm a huge sports fan. i go to all sorts of sporting events, wat