The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Jody Conradt to be honored with Ann Richards Legacy Award
02.23.2024 | Women's Basketball
AUSTIN, Texas —Texas women's basketball coaching legend Jody Conradt will be honored tonight at the Reach for the Stars annual gala with the Ann Richards Legacy Award.
Reach for the Stars is the Ann Richards School Foundation's annual fundraising gala to recognize the graduating class of the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders and celebrate their bright futures.
The Ann Richards Legacy Award recognizes those who serve as role models to the young women at the Ann Richards School and throughout our nation and the world. The award is presented annually to a person of high achievement who exemplifies Ann's qualities of grit, leadership, and generosity to others.
Jody Conradt was nurtured by the small-town, West Texas values of Goldthwaite (pop. 1,345), where her childhood revolved around community, family, friends, and sports.
Her love was basketball. Her aspirations were to teach. Fortunately, she is native to a state which takes pride in its passion, independence, and can-do attitude. Those traits, along with her graceful, compassionate style, Texas-sharp wit and humor, and desire to bring education and sport opportunities to young women, advanced Conradt into a visionary leader for women's college basketball and women's sports administration.
Jody's leadership and the transformative impact of her career are the perfect examples of what the Ann Richards School believes their stars will accomplish in their own lives.
Past award winners include Elizabeth Avellán, Jean and Dan Rather, Holland Taylor, Lily Tomlin, Pattie Sellers, Anna Deavere Smith, Brené Brown, and Jeanne Goka, Founding Principal of the Ann Richards School.
The gala will take place at the JW Marriott at 6:00 p.m. tonight in Austin. Meg Brown, former UT women's basketball player and Ann Richards School Athletic Director and Fran Harris, former UT women's basketball player will assist with the recognition.
