Go-to Girl

<p><strong>Mothers and daughters coaches and players athletic vs. academic cultures: <em>Go-to Girl </em>provides a portrait of student-athlete J.J. Gearhart as she navigates life at an elite school.</strong> One of the first female athletics scholarship recipients at Stanford University J.J.'s ambitions are simple: she wants an Olympic volleyball career and a medical school degree. She hopes to find a cure for her mother's mysterious autoimmune illness before her Mama Jo dies. A heroine's journey full of obstacles <em>Go-to Girl: Digs Dives and a Golden Spike </em>celebrates the strange and magical culture of 1980s Stanford University as Gearhart learns that life is not about <em>finding </em>herself; it's about <em>creating</em> a self full of purpose and joy.</p>