At 9:30 a.m. on Friday, July 24th, nearly 100 high school freshman girls trickled into the auditorium at the Obama Presidential Center and sat in seats that formed a half-circle around the stage where the panelists were seated. Some of the girls conversed and laughed, while others danced in their seats to Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling.”  The event kicked off at 9:58 a.m. with opening remarks from WNBA brand strategist Nina Kossoff: “We’re powerful on our own, but when we come tog