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Female athletes are at the top of the game right now – they are fierce and dominating. As they create a growing platform for themselves, the additionally inspire little ones everywhere. These amazing #WomentThatDo are shattering records with style and defying the social ideologies of women in sports.
Here’s ENTITY’s look at the top five female athletes in the U.S.:
While Jennie Finch was the inspiration to girls at an earlier time, Lauren Chamberlain is the new face of softball for today’s generation. Chamberlain made waves at OU her freshman year when it took her only two bats to hit her first homerun for the Sooners. From there, Chamberlain soared to the top. She was the talk of the town, acquiring big followings on social media. Later, Chamberlain broke the NCAA home run record hitting No. 91 her senior year against North Texas. She continues to be an inspiration playing for USSSA Pride and is one of the most popular female athletes of our generation.
While she now stands No. 5 in the US surfer poll (previously ranked No. 4 in 2014) Alana Blanchard is one of the most talked about female surfers of our time. Blanchard generates the most sponsors of any women surfers today, has a 1.7m following on Instagram, 180.8k followers on Twitter and is ranked No. 1 by Surfer Today as the most influential woman surfers in today’s sports culture – surpassing Carissa Moore and Bethany Hamilton.
An Alpine Ski racer with four World Cup overall championships, a bronze medalist in the super-g skiing event and a gold medalist in the downhill women’s, Lindsey Vonn has brought skiing to a whole new light. She first made her way into the Olympics and then into our hearts forever. As one of the most well-known skiers of our time, in 2015 the Alpine skier broke Austrian legend Annemarie Moser-Pröll’s record of 62 FIS World Cup victories, which was originally set in the 1970s. Vonn is now referred to as one of the most successful women skiers of all time. You go girl!
Let’s not forget about the woman who changed NASCAR and IndyCar forever. Patrick was the first woman to ever win a Sprint Cup pole. She inspired IndyCar driver Simona De Silvestro and Norwegian racing prospect Ayla Agren when she set gender records by leading laps and finishing fourth as a rookie in the 2005 Indy 500. Further declining to assess the gender terms in her career, this woman in NASCAR is speeding past any sexism still lurking in the sports business. Patrick has made a difference in the racing world and is an inspiration to young girls everywhere.
For these athletes, it comes in a pair! These two sisters sky rocketed to the top this past year in the world of softball. Sierra Romero, a senior at the University of Michigan, and Sydney Romero, a freshman at the University of Oklahoma, made 2016 the year of sisters. While you would think the competition is at an all-time high for the two, they work to push each other to be the best they can be. Sierra is noted to be one of the best in the game, earning herself 2016 Player of the Year. The sisters are a true inspiration to players everywhere; they demonstrate that success and happiness can be reached in life when you work together (even if they are competition).
