Women’s History
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1949- 1977 women’s Transitional Period
Longhorn Women’s Sports History 1950-1977 Foundation laid for Women Longhorn Sports 1921-1949 1948 Turtle Club 1943 1949 Top of the Charts 1949 The high school physical education association decided to get involved with women’s basketball by supervising the competitive activity. Rules were established for women’s basketball, and a playoff system was organized…
Women’s Golf T-Ring Reflections
Michiko Hattori has a storied collegiate career at the University of Texas: Four-time All-American Southwest Conference Player of the Year (1987-91) Two-time National Collegiate Golfer of the Year 1988-89 National Golf Coaches and Golf Week National Player of the Year Honda Broderick Award Player of the Year (1989-90) Southwest Conference Player of the Decade for the…
1932-1948 Babe Didrickson Zaharias
Mildred Ella Didrikson remains arguably the best woman athlete of the 20th century. She was brash and talented, and she was from Texas. Known as the Texas tomboy, she was a hustler who loved to exaggerate her feet and obscure the details of her life story. She rejected dominant ideas of femininity, but she was…
2006-2016 Tennis women always adding content.
Coach Patty Fendick-McCain- 2006- 2014 Record at Texas – 145-70 Two big 12 championships (2012 and 2013) Round of 16 (2008, 2010, 2012) 2005-2006 2005 Mia Marovic women’s tennis MVP 2006-2007- women’s tennis- was ranked 20th in the nation- Coach Patty McCain- 12- 4 record 2007 women’s tennis – Horns are #19 down from…
Title IX
Title IX changed the rules for women Was the merger of the AIAW into the male-dominated NCAA worth it? 1970’s The History of Title IX 1980s In 1966, The University of Texas women’s budget was $700; by 1983, the budget was $1,000,000 with receipts of 1,850,000 dollars. 1990’s A Brief History of the National Collegiate…
Rodney Page Tribute to Betty Thompson
A tribute to Betty Thompson from Rodney Page It was 45 years ago during the summer of 1972, that I first set foot on the University of Texas campus. Little did I realize how that would affect my future, personally and professionally. It was also my first visit to Austin, TX. I came to…