Home to scholars, artists, and even A-listers, Harvard Business School has accepted five-time Grand Slam victor and one of the highest paid female athletes, tennis player Maria Sharapova.
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“Not sure how this happened but Hey Harvard! Can’t wait to start the program”.
Representatives for Harvard and Sharapova didn’t immediately comment Monday.
Maria Sharapova, one of the highest-paid female athlete, joins Harvard School for Business studies.
One of her fiercest rivals, Venus Williams, also earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Indiana University East online past year.
Sharapova was banned for two years by the International Tennis Federation after testing positive for meldonium in January. The substance had been banned at the start of 2016.
However, the Russian confessed to officials that she had taken meldonium since 2006 as a preventive measure for health reasons and appealing against the verdict in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which may give its ruling by July 18.
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She topped the Forbes list for 11 years before tennis rival Serena Williams surpassed her in June with $28.9 million in total earnings over the past 12 months to Sharapova’s $21.9 million.
