Kayla McBride always loved playing basketball, but you don’t get into the WNBA just because you love it. She started to get really serious about it during high school, where she was named the District 10 Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010.
She played all through college at Notre Dame as well and was drafted into the WNBA in 2014 when she was placed on the San Antonio Stars. But it wasn’t just her playing ability that got her noticed; it was her awesome smile, as well. In 2018, she signed with the Las Vegas Aces and moved to Nevada.
Jonelle Filigno
This Canadian pro soccer player is a pretty big deal in her country, thanks to her making the winning goal against Great Britain in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Oh boy, what a goal that was! Canada defeated France that year, and she, along with the rest of the team, walked away with the bronze medal and showed everyone how it's done.
She recently signed a brand partnership deal with Adidas and actively promotes them on her social media accounts, where she’s got nearly 50,000 followers enjoying her content. She recently gave birth to a child with her husband, Hunter Hopkins.
Michelle Waterson
The “Karate Hottie” is known for looking amazing while simultaneously destroying her opponent in a match. She’s got over one million followers on her Instagram account, where she frequently posts pictures posing in bikinis, along with pictures of her family and daily life. Waterson is married to former Armed Forces boxer Joshua Gomez, with whom she has a daughter.
During the 2013-2014 season, she was the world’s #1 women’s atomweight fighter. In 2016, there was a documentary made about her called "Fight Mom." She has appeared on a few other shows as well, including "American Ninja Warrior" and "Bully Beatdown."
Chloe Kim
This professional snowboarder made history in 2018 when, at the Winter Games in South Korea, she became the first woman to win two gold medals in snowboarding and the youngest woman to win a gold in the sport at the Games, period. She is currently a four-time X Games gold medalist and holds the titles of halfpipe World Champion, Olympic Champion, and X Games Champion. Phew!
In 2018, she was honored with several ESPY awards, including that for Best Female Athlete. In 2019 she announced that she was putting her snowboarding career on pause to head to Princeton University. Amazing!
Ronda Rousey
Ronda "Rowdy" Rousey was the first woman to ever win a medal in judo at the Olympics in 2008 and then started to develop her MMA career. In 2011, she was named the UFC’s Women’s Bantamweight Champion, and several years later, she was inducted into their Hall of Fame. How could she not be, though? Considering she is pretty much the face of Women’s UFC.
As if being a judo and MMA champion wasn’t enough, she decided to launch a pro wrestling career with the WWE in 2018, where she, of course, became the Raw Women’s Champion. She’s also dabbled in some acting, like her role as Kara in "Furious 7."