Billie Jean King is preparing to add a college degree to her already impressive resumé. In early 2025, the 82-year-old tennis legend returned to California State University, Los Angeles, to finish her bachelor’s degree in history, which she had originally pursued from 1961 through 1964 before leaving to focus on her tennis career. Now, more than 60 years later , she will participate in Monday’s commencement as a graduate of the institution’s history department. “Graduating, it’s just thrilling. Really,” King told USA Today’s Studio IX . “I’m thrilled because of the way the other people have responded to this. “I thought, OK, I’m going to get my degree, but I had no idea people would be so connected and feeling this,” she added, “in every age group. It’s like, ‘Oh my God,’ now I’m excited.…