Coming to study and play tennis at University of Rochester from Puerto Rico was a big change for recent graduate Camila Ruiz Vega, one that she embraced for multiple reasons. “Playing competitive tennis at a young age, you are exposed to a lot of people you don’t know. My parentsContinue Reading

UAA Sports Information Director Timothy Farrell and Assistant Director for Operations and Member Services Melissa Curtis received the 2022 Fall Division III and Division III College Sports Information Directors of America (D3SIDA) Recognition Award for their Title IX story on University of Chicago’s Rosalie Resch. The selection committee of D3SIDAContinue Reading

Kelly Pang and Drew Hargrave, teammates on the 2009 Washington University volleyball national championship team, grew up around multiple sports, eventually falling in love with volleyball. “My grandparents loved watching University of Hawaii sports and had season tickets to men’s and women’s volleyball. My siblings and I really wouldn’t payContinue Reading

Recently retired Case Western Reserve University James C. Wyant Director of Athletics Amy Backus was taught early in life that girls and boys should have the same opportunities. “I was a competitive sailor in a family of all girls. We were fortunate to be able to sail our own boats,Continue Reading

When University of Chicago Senior Associate Athletics Director for Finance and Internal Operations Rosalie Resch arrived on campus as an undergraduate in 1969, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was still two years way from being founded and the landmark Title IX case was three years in theContinue Reading