Remember these names: Jordyn Barratt and Azzi Fudd. Chances are, you'll be hearing those a lot over the next few years. Both sat down with us at the espnW: Women + Sports Summit to give us insight into their blossoming careers.
Next year, Barratt is aiming to compete on the first-ever U.S. Olympic skateboarding team. Though the 20-year-old is currently rehabbing from a shoulder injury, she's looking at the bright side.
"It is kinda nice. There's so many things that I've done that I wouldn't usually do," she said, but added how anxious she is to get back into it.
Barratt turned pro after winning a bronze medal in 2016 in her debut X Games, and hasn't looked back since. Further pushing her is that the Vans park series and X Games now pay women the same amount as men.
"There's so many positive things coming in, especially for women's skating right now -- equal pay, the milestones people have made. That keeps me motivated and makes me want to achieve more, especially with the Olympics coming up," Barratt said, adding that there is nothing she loves more than when she gets messages from younger women saying she inspires them.
During our time with Barratt, we asked her a couple fun lightning-round questions to get to know her better.
Walk-up song? Probably "Jungle" by Tash Sultana or "Spring Has Sprung" by Skeggs. Dinner with anyone dead or alive? "Megan Rapinoe," with no hesitation.
Odds are that if you follow basketball, you know Azzi Fudd really has next.
The high school junior is the top-ranked female recruit for the class of 2021, has been compared to Maya Moore and went viral in 2018 for winning the three-point contest at Stephen Curry's fifth annual SC30 Select Camp.
Even as the guard rehabs from a major knee injury -- she told ESPN she has no timetable for return but would like to play sometime this season -- Fudd is more than motivated.
Fudd turns to a list of goals she made with her parents her sophomore year to remind her to keep going: Go to college, win a national championship, make an Olympic team, win an Olympic gold medal.
"I think that helps me, especially with my injury. That helps me stay focused on the days when it hurts or I don't want to do anything. I see my goals and I know that if I want to get there and reach that level that I'm going to have to work hard every day," she told ESPN.
Fudd has a bright future ahead of her, clearly, and like many female athletes, equal pay is always on her mind.
"People always ask me, 'Do you want to play in the WNBA knowing they don't get paid much?' Of course I do, because I want people like my friends, my family in the States to come watch me play, but knowing that you get paid so much more out of the country ... It's kind of surprising. We are typically the best basketball country, but it's also kind of a put down."
And if she was in charge of women's hoops? "Getting all of the games aired" regardless of where in the country you watch from, tops her list.
It's no surprise that someone as talented as Fudd has already met Kobe Bryant and Steph Curry, but she doesn't hesitate when saying she will have a whole table full of powerhouse female athletes to dinner -- that include Kelsey Plum, Breanna Stewart, Maya Moore, Sue Bird, Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne and Diana Taurasi. But what's being served at that meal?
"Grandpa's chicken parm, because he makes homemade tomato sauce," she said.