Womens Sporting Memorable Moments since 1972

  • Laura Blears Ching surfs against men

    Laura Blears Ching is the first woman to surf against men. Boston Marathon changes its rules after Title 9 which allows Ching to race against men in a Hawaii meet.
  • Ann Meyers plays National basketball

    Ann Meyers plays National basketball
    Ann Meyers was the first high school student to make the womens national basketball team. After highschool she was the first to get a full athletic scholorship to UCLA.
  • Lucy Giovinco first US Bowler to win World Cup

    Lucy Giovinco first US Bowler to win World Cup
    Lucy was the first woman in the US to win the Womens Bowling World Cup. She won with a 620 in a 3-round game.
  • Mary Meagher sets World Record

    Mary Meagher sets World Record
    Mary Meagher sets the world record in 100m butterfly with a time of 57.93 in Brown Deer, WI.
  • Georgeann Wells-Blackwell first to Dunk!

    Georgeann Wells-Blackwell first to Dunk!
    Georgeann Wells-Blackwell, a 6-7 center from Columbus, Ohio, is the first woman to dunk a basketball in a college game. The game was verse Charleston, NC.
  • First Womens Pro Volleyball event

    First Womens Pro Volleyball event
    The first Womens Professional Volleyball event was held in Newport Beach, CA.
  • First televised Final Four

    First televised Final Four
    The women's Final Four of college basketball is televised live for the first time. Tennesse beats Virginia 70-67 for its third NCAA title in the first OT game in the tournament's 10-year history.
  • Minnesota first to have HS Girls Hockey

    Minnesota first to have HS Girls Hockey
    Minnesota is the first state in the US to have their state athletic association (MN State High School League) sanction high school girls ice hockey.
  • Women Win World Cup with PK's

    Women Win World Cup with PK's
    The US national team wins the Women's World Cup with one perfectly timed save and five perfectly placed penalty kicks. The U.S. Women's World Cup team wins back the World Cup trophy in front of 90,185 fans in Pasadena and a world-wide television audience of an estimated 40 million. With the score still being tied 0-0 after the game and two periods of overtime the American women beat the China team 5-4 on penalty kicks.
  • Canadian Olympian Hayley Wickenheiser first to score in hockey

    Canadian Olympian Hayley Wickenheiser first to score in hockey
    Hayley Wickenheiser is the first woman to score a goal on a mens team in hockey. She was playing for Kirkkonummen Salamat. Playing for that Mens Pro team, in the season she played in 23 games, had 2 goals, and 10 assists. She would be the first to do this on a mens team.
  • Jennie Finch wins Olympic Gold

    Jennie Finch wins Olympic Gold
    Jennie Finch won her first gold medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She said she felt honored to play in the Olympics because of Title 9.
  • NCAA includes women in coaching staff

    NCAA includes women in coaching staff
    The NCAA has set up a task force to allow women as well as minorities to be included in coaching and administrative staff. This is an improvement because before this, 90% of men and 60% of womens sports teams were caoched by white men.
  • Mackenzie Brown first to throw perfect game against boys

    Mackenzie Brown first to throw perfect game against boys
    Mackenzie Brown becomes the first girl in Bayonne Little League history to throw a perfect game against 18 boy batters she faced. Even though it is little league, this shows that Title 9 is effective still and even more because a young girl pitches against boys.
  • 40th Anniversary of Title 9

    40th Anniversary of Title 9
    The 40th anniversary of Title 9. "Title IX was the second-most important piece of civil rights legislation passed in this country," said Debbie Yow, athletic director at North Carolina State. "Had it not passed, the options and opportunities for women in this country and the world would be vastly different."