Mia Hamm: Soccer GOAT
From the Set GOAT: Women in Sports
Mia Hamm inspired a generation of young women to get on the soccer field through her many accomplishments, including Olympic gold medals, World Cup play, and world records for scoring. Today, she continues to coach and affect change in the world through her foundation. Readers find out how Mia got her start in sports and just how great she is in the scope of the soccer world. Fact boxes add even more context and biographical information. A timeline of her greatest achievements concludes the book.
SLJ Review of GOAT: Women in Sports
Gr 4–6—These volumes chronicle the careers of seven American female athletes. Basketball player Caitlin Clark broke the NCAA men’s scoring record while playing for the University of Iowa, Diana Taurasi was the first WNBA player to score 10,000 points, and swimmer Katie Ledecky led Stanford to an NCAA championship in addition to racking up Olympic medals. Lindsey Vonn won the World Cup in Alpine Skiing in 2007, Mia Hamm helped American women win the 1999 world championship in soccer, and Serena Williams won 39 Grand Slam titles. Outside of birth and family information, there is almost no mention of personal lives; the focus is solely on their athletic careers. Pictures of the subjects in action accompany the texts. These titles are suitable introductions to notable female athletes however, they are already outdated. Katie Ledecky’s and Diana Taurasi’s participation in the 2024 Olympics are omitted. Hamm and Williams are the subjects of many other biographies, some of which are more comprehensive. The volume on Clark will be the most useful as she has only recently been in the spotlight.