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Winter 1972 - Dr. Ruth Alexander, Donna Deutsch, Mimi Ryan
and Linda Hall Thornton with the assistance of Dr. Clifford Boyd, write the official proposal suggesting guidelines for an intercollegiate athletics program at the University of Florida.
March 1972 - The University of Florida's Faculty Committee on
Intercollegiate Athletics unanimously approves the proposal with the effective date to be the 1972-73 school year.
1973-74 school year - The inaugural UF women's basketball
squad is a club team and posts an 11-8 record under coach Darlene Wyrnak, who is a graduate assistant at the school. Members of that team include Valerie Bazarte, Susie Brownlee, Sue Chambers, Emma Gracey, Vicky Lavinsky, Cassie Macias, Kathy Wagner and Monte Wynn. |
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July 1974 - Dr. Paula Welch is hired as the Lady Gators first
official coach and teaches in the Women's Physical Education Department.
Jan. 13, 1975 - Florida makes its varsity debut in Alligator Alley,
but Valdosta State spoils the team's opener, defeating UF 57-47 despite 17 points from Sue Chambers.
Jan. 18, 1975 - Emma Gracey's 14 points leads the Lady Gators
to their first-ever win, a 51-47 victory over Rollins College and sparks a seven-game winning streak.
July 21, 1975 - Guidelines for the Education Act of 1972, Title IX,
is signed into law by U.S. President Gerald R. Ford. |