Burgess Owens was one of the first four black athletes recruited to play football at the University of Miami and played safety in the NFL for 10 years with the New York Jets and Oakland Raiders, winning a championship with the Raiders in Super Bowl XV in 1980. He’s the father of five girls and grandfather to 12 girls, and proudly serves Utah’s Fourth District in Congress as the Chairman of the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee. 

Alanna Smith is a track athlete at the University of Tennessee. During her high school career, she was forced to compete against male athletes and as a result, lost out on placements. She is part of the Alliance Defending Freedom lawsuit, Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools, which seeks to protect the integrity of women’s sports and Title IX.