w Ms. Mosley’s mother was one of four black teachers to integrate the Prince William, Va., County schools in 1964 when she taught at an all-white school. A year later Benita became the first black student at the school where her mother taught.

w Ms. Mosley has a street named after her-Benita Fitzgerald Drive-in her hometown of Dale City, Va.

w Ms. Mosley’s favorite television shows are “Law & Order,” “Trading Spaces,” “American Idol” and “Desperate Housewives.”

w Her favorite fellow athletes are Carl Lewis and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

w Her favorite piece of electronic equipment is her cellphone.

w The last time Ms. Mosley went out to dinner alone with her husband was sometime in August. n

-BETTY GOODWIN