Title IX at 50 Years

“In the beginning with my [volleyball] program, we had very little money and no uniforms, no money to buy uniforms. So I went into the back room and found old discarded men's basketball uniforms…that's what we used. They had socks up to their knees, shorts that hung down to the top of their knees, and shirts that we had to get t-shirts to put under because they were falling off the girls.”

 ~ Virginia Harris

“Just different times. We made great progress, I think all the girls worked really hard to try to keep up and earn our scholarships; it was really made known that we need to earn our scholarships. … I know the women’s ski team by the fourth year we were a valued piece of the program, but there was a lot of showing that we could do it.”

~ Tami (Phillips) Maciejko '81

“There were definite roles then (1973), and I am so grateful to be in the company of women you’re going to hear about who … endured the disparity and the grace, I mean, many men were very gentlemanly-like, and very kind, but it was very difficult for them to have to change their programs”

~ Jody Coleman

“I know my grandmother speaks fondly of what I’ve been able to do because she was not able to participate in athletics growing up in the ’40s and ’50s, and for my mother growing up in the ’70s, she had very limited opportunities. So I’ve been blessed not only with the support of the sports world, but also from my family that came before me."

~ Head Men's & Women's Cross Country Coach , Jennifer Michel '00