Fresno State Athletics
No Stopping Us Now
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Jan. 29, 2001
FRESNO, Calif. - In 1971, the year before the passage of Title IX, only one in 27 girls competed in high school sports. Today, that number is one in three.
Fresno State, which is committed to providing the best opportunities it can for women and their arena of sport, recognizes that the visibility and success of Bulldog Athletics is to be thanked in large part to the women athletes of today and those before them.
With the 15th Annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day to be celebrated nationwide on Wednesday, Feb. 7, the Fresno State Athletic Department will honor its women's teams and coaches the day before on Tuesday, Feb. 6, with a special celebration on campus from 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. The first 300 individuals who register will receive free give-a-ways.
"No Stopping Us Now" is the theme of the 15th Annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day as the event will be observed nationwide. For the fifth straight year, the Fresno State Athletic Department will pay tribute to its female student-athletes and coaching staff.
Featuring all nine Fresno State women's sports teams, Fresno State will conduct question and answer sessions on team and individual sports as well as nutrition and strength and conditioning from 7:45 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. in the North and South Gyms. From 8:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., there will be raffles, an autograph session and refreshments with Fresno State student-athletes and their coaching staff.
National Girls & Women in Sports Day was organized to remember and honor the dignity, spirit, and commitment to excellence by USA Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman, who died suddenly of Marfan's Syndrome during a game in 1986.
The Women's Sports Foundation's Flo Hyman Award is awarded annually on National Girls & Women Sports Day to the female athlete who exemplifies Hyman's spirit. Past recipients include gymnast Mary Lou Retton, tennis champions Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert, track and field stars Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Evelyn Ashford, golfers Nancy Lopez and Patty Sheehan, world disabled ski champion Diana Golden, basketball champion Lynette Woodard, seven-time Olympic gymnastic gold medalist Nadia Comaneci, and the most decorated U.S. athlete in Winter Olympics history in speedskater Bonnie Blair and tennis champion Monica Seles.
National Girls & Women Sports Day is sponsored by five prominent national organizations: Girls Inc., Girl Scouts of the USA, National Association of Girls and Women in Sports, Women's Sports Foundation, and YWCA of the USA National Board.
To register and to receive more information on the event at Fresno State, call Amanda Scott or Melissa Gomez at (559) 244-2800.