From the Sidelines to the Headlines: The Legacy of Women's Sports at Trinity University

Author:   Betsy Gerhardt Pasley ,  Jody Conradt
Publisher:   Trinity University Press,U.S.
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9781595349835


Pages:   408
Publication Date:   20 April 2023
Format:   Paperback
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From the Sidelines to the Headlines: The Legacy of Women's Sports at Trinity University


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In spring 2014 Peggy Kokernot Kaplan, a former Trinity University athlete and cofounder of the women's track team, emailed her alma mater's athletic department asking the school to post statistics from the team's 1975 season. It's no surprise that they couldn't fulfill her request, for Trinity had sparse records from the 1970s-not just for track and field but for most performances by female athletes before 1991, when the school joined a NCAA Division III conference. What started as a humble email request nearly a decade ago has culminated in From the Sidelines to the Headlines: The Legacy of Women's Sports at Trinity University, an expansive book aimed at filling in the gaps in coverage of half a century of women's intercollegiate sports. Former Trinity athleteBetsy Gerhardt Pasleyand historian Doug Brackenridge, along with other members of the Trinity community, have collected hundreds of long-forgotten documents and conducted dozens of interviews with former students, coaches, and administrators to tell the fascinating, multifaceted story of women's sports at this liberal arts school in San Antonio, Texas. While the book focuses primarily on the postTitle IX years between 1972 and 1999, its scope extends to Trinity's founding in 1869, illuminating the century-long evolution of women in competitive sports, at Trinity and elsewhere, before Title IX. The story, told alongside the cultural shifts that formed the social and athletic context for female athletes of the day, also documents the decision Trinity and other institutions of higher learning faced after Title IX: Should they adhere to a commercial model, in which a focus on athletics often overshadowed academics, or strive for a more balanced student-athlete, nonscholarship model? Trinity chose the latter and has decades of national championships and academic accolades to show for it.

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Author:   Betsy Gerhardt Pasley ,  Jody Conradt
Publisher:   Trinity University Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Trinity University Press,U.S.
ISBN:  

9781595349835


ISBN 10:   1595349839
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   20 April 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Betsy Gerhardt Pasley is a 1977 graduate of Trinity University. A collegiate athlete, she was active in sports information and student publications as a student and became the first female sportswriter at the San Antonio Light after graduation. She has more than thirty years of experience in corporate communications for technology, manufacturing, and financial services companies. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.

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