Meet The IXs Foundation
February 27, 2024
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The Aces and Raiders joined forces in June of 2022 for the The IX Awards to lives represent the spirit of Title IX.
This inaugural event on the 50th Anniversary of Title IX, educated, raised awareness, and revenue to support women in sports.
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2024 Game Changer Award
Athletes who changed the narrative within her sport. They captivated our culture with her grace, poise, and affirmation that anything is possible.
Kristi Yamaguchi captured the gold medal in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France in figure skating.
As a trailblazer and role model, Kristi became the first Asian American to win a gold medal, World Champion, two-time U.S. National Champion, member of the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame and the US Olympic Hall of Fame. Following a long and successful career in professional figure skating, Kristi took to the dance floor to win top honors with partner Mark Ballas on the popular TV show “Dancing With The Stars.”
Kristi has added New York Times Best-Selling author to her list of achievements with three children’s books, “Dream Big, Little Pig!”, and then following up with “It’s A Big World, Little Pig!” and “Cara’s Kindness.”
In 1996, she created Always Dream whose mission is to ensure children from low‑income families have access to high‑quality books in the home environment and extensive family engagement support. Kristi Yamaguchi’s Always Dream believes their greatest gift and ability to proactively impact a child’s life is by building a love of reading and engaging the parents at an early stage.
Recently, Kristi was recognized with the “Community Spirit” Award from the US Olympic Committee and the Heisman Humanitarian Award.
2024 Legacy Award
A woman who has trailblazed a path forward for women. She is a pivotal figure in our history in our quest for equality. She has led by example and relentlessly paved the way for all of us.
Born and raised in Wichita, KS, Lynette Woodardfell in love with basketball when fewopportunities in the sport were available towomen. Despite this and many other obstacles,Ms. Woodard has gone on to have an impressivecareer which includes playing for the Universityof Kansas Jayhawks, US Olympics, WNBA, andthe Harlem Globetrotters. She has also coachedseveral college teams and worked with youthorganizations. Today, Ms. Woodard continues toinspire younger generations through heradvocacy work and by sharing her story ofperseverance, dedication, and leadership toinspire others to pursue their dreams.
2024 Impact Award
A woman who has strengthened our community by positively influencing and investing in the lives of young girls and boys. Her life’s work inspires others to reach their full potential.
Kris Engelstad is a longtime resident of Nevada, and a graduate of University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She serves as Trustee of the Engelstad Family Foundation, which her parents Betty and Ralph implemented in 2002, and is dedicated to improving the communities she and her parents have called home.
Kris channels her passion for education reform, veterans’ issues, and improving the lives of people with disabilities and serious illnesses into her work with the Foundation, directing funding to impactful programs working on these issues in Minnesota, southern Nevada, and North Dakota. Kris is leading the charge for legislative change in educational reform through her work on the Question 1 initiative for a Nevada constitutional amendment. Thanks in part to her efforts as Trustee, the Engelstad Family Foundation has endowed more than $300 million grants since 2002 and over 300 educational scholarships every year, and is now a major benefactor of these and nearly 200 other organizations.
Multiple organizations have recognized Kris for her work with the Foundation, and as a member of the greater Las Vegas community.
2024 Next Gen Award
A Title IX beneficiary who displays outstanding character and incredible achievement in academics and athletics. She serves as a role model for the next generation of leaders.
Selena Williams is a junior at Brown University concentrating in Computer Science and was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. Selena played on the D1 Brown University Tennis Team in 2022 and has played high level tennis the majority of her life. Before Brown, Selena attended Odyssey Charter High School, was Named USTA Nevada Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Received the USTA Nevada Award for Academic Excellence (2014-19). She is Five-time Sectional Doubles Champion, a Two-time culminating speaker at Richard Branson’s Necker Cup, representing the National Tennis Foundation, an Ambassador for National Tennis Foundation, a Co-leader and spokesperson for Team Bryan, a NJTL excellence team supported by the Bryan Bros, a Bill & Melinda Gates Scholar, a Rogers Scholar, a Winner of the Arthur Ashe Essay Contest for the Intermountain Section, a Semi-finalist in Poetry Nation’s National Amateur Poetry Competition, and an AP Scholar with Distinction.
