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Forty Years of Women Sports
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Women College Basketball
Immaculata College claims its first of three straight national titles with a 52-48 victory over West Chester State College, in the first-ever women's college basketball season to culminate with an official national championship. -
Sportwoman of the Year
Billie Jean King is named the Sportswoman of the Year by Sports Illustrated, the first time the award is given to a woman. -
Female Athlete of the Year
Chris Evert is named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for tennis; she repeats in 1975, 1977, and 1980. Chris Evert is ranked the number 1 American for the first of 5 consecutive years. Over her professional career, Evert would compile a win-loss record of 1309-146, and be the first woman to earn $1 million in her career. -
Womens college basketball game
On Jan. 27, the first-ever nationally televised women's college basketball game sees Immaculata defeat the University of Maryland, 85-63. -
Dorothy Hamill
Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic gold by scoring eight 5.8’s, a 5.9 in technical merit and all 5.9’s in artistic interpretation. -
Winter Oylmpics speed skating
After winning three medals in speed skating at the Winter Olympics, Sheila Young of Michigan wins both the United States and world sprint cycling titles. -
Marcia Frederick
Marcia won a gold medal in the 1978 World Gymnastics Championship n Strasbourg, France, the first American gymnast to attain such an honor in American history. -
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
Mary Decker becomes the first woman to run a mile in under 4 and a half minutes in Philadelphia on Jan. 25. She is named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for track. -
Cheryl Miller
Cheryl Miller scores 105 points in a basketball game for Riverside, CA Polytechnic High School. -
Lorri Bauman
Lorri Bauman of the Drake Bulldogs scores 50 points in a West Regional game won by Maryland Terrapins, 89-78, the most points ever scored in an NCAA women’s tournament game. Bauman scored 3,115 points in her career at Drake, second on the NCAA’s career list behind Mississippi Valley’s Patricia Hoskins with 3,122 points. -
International Hockey League
Manon Rheaume becomes the first woman to play goalie in a professional hockey game for the Atlanta Knights of the International Hockey League in Salt Lake City on Dec. 13. -
Swimmer of the Year
Amy Van Dyken is named the NCAA Swimmer of the Year. -
Pan American Games Team Handball
The US women wins the Team Handball event at the Pan American Games. -
Mia Hamm
On May 22, Mia Hamm scores her 108th career goal in a 3-0 victory over Brazil in Orlando, making her the world-record holder (male or female) for international goals scored in a career. -
Women's short-course championsips
American swimmer Jenny Thompson wins three gold medals in the women's short-course championships in Hong Kong, sets a new world's record, and is named the female swimmer of the meet. -
Team USA ice hockey
Team USA caps a perfect week of ice hockey with a 5-0 win over Team Sweden in the championship game of the Women's Holiday Classic held at Lake Placid, NY. The US national women's team won all five games played in the three country tournmant with Russia and Sweden. -
US women
The US wins its first women's world curling title in a 5-3 victory over Canada. -
NCAA women's Golf championship
NC's Duke wins the NCAA women's Golf Championship for their thrid victory of the last seven titles. -
Women's national soccer team
USA Women’s national soccer team wins the Algarve Cup in a 2-0 victory over Denmark, moving into No. 1 in the FIFA’s women’s world ranking. -
IFAF Women's World Championship for American Football
Team USA wins inaugural IFAF Women’s World Championship for American Football 66-0 roust over Canada in a historic tournament in Stockholm, Sweden.
