Celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day With These 10 Elite Athletes in Boca Raton

In 2025, the SI Swimsuit Issue welcomed a trio of Big 12 stars—Phoenix Dawn Miranda, Rayniah Jones and Hailey Van Lith—and its returning digital cover model, Ilona Maher. Additionally, several featured athletes headed to Boca Raton, Fla., for their shoots with the brand. With the exception of Caroline Marks, who posed for the magazine in 2020, every athlete who headed to the Sunshine State stepped onto set with the SI Swimsuit team for the very first time.

Adventuring into uncharted territory has become routine for these trailblazing athletes, who have broken records, battled through injuries and are still continuing to bring their careers to new heights. Today, in celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, we’re resurfacing some of the most powerful frames from every model on set—along with their moving messages on the impact of their 2025 SI Swimsuit shoots.

Nelly Korda

“I stepped out of my comfort zone,” Korda, a professional golfer, admitted of her debut in the fold. “I think that’s what the shoot's about. I think that’s what life is about also is sometimes stepping outside your comfort zone and challenging yourself.”

View her full gallery from Boca Raton, Fla. here!

Anna Hall

For Hall, her first SI Swimsuit campaign signified strength. “I hope people take away [from my shoot] that being strong is powerful and that I hope that they see me through them,” the World Champion runner said on set.

View her full gallery from Boca Raton, Fla., here!

Jordan Chiles

Chiles, who scored a cover spot last year—as did Salma Hayek Pinault, Olivia Dunne and Lauren Chan—coupled her magazine debut with a note on autonomy. “The biggest thing I want people to take away is understanding that my body is my body and that I have the ability to express it in millions of different ways and people are going to accept that,” she declared.