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A Historical View of St. Cloud State University Women's Athletics Anne E St. Cloud State University theRepository at St. Cloud State Culminating Projects in Kinesiology Department of Kinesiology 5-2006 A Historical View of St. Cloud State University Women's Athletics Anne E. Abicht St. Cloud State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/pess_etds Part of the Other History Commons, and the Sports Studies Commons Recommended Citation Abicht, Anne E., "A Historical View of St. Cloud State University Women's Athletics" (2006). Culminating Projects in Kinesiology. 1. https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/pess_etds/1 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Kinesiology at theRepository at St. Cloud State. It has been accepted for inclusion in Culminating Projects in Kinesiology by an authorized administrator of theRepository at St. Cloud State. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A HISTORICAL VIEW OF ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S ATHLETICS by Anne E. Abicht B. A., University ofMinnesotaDuluth, 1981 A 'Fhesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of St. Cloud State University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements . for the Degree Master of Science St. Cloud, Minnesota May, 2006 This thesis submitted by Anne E. Abicht in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science at St. Cloud State University is hereby approved by the final evaluation committee. Chairperson Dean School of Graduate Studies A HISTORICAL VIEW OF ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S ATHLETICS Anne E. Abicht Since the late 1800s women have participated in some form of athletic activity on the St. Cloud State University campus. It was not until the 1960s that a women's intercollegiate athletic program was introduced to the SCSU campus by Fran Bleick and Gladys Ziemer. Since the 1960s, the SCSU women's athletics program has grown to support 11 teams, competing at some of the highest levels of athletic competition. As women's athletics at SCSU continues to grow, it is important to have a documented history of the program so that future generations of male and female athletes will understand the significance of these women's contributions to St. Cloud State. PROBLEM: A history of the St. Cloud State men's athletics department was written in 1980 by Dr. John Kasper. The Husky Tradition: A History ofMen's Athletics at St. Cloud State University chronicles the inception of SCSU men's athletics in the early 1900s to 1980. It provides an overview of the coaches and athletes who represented SCSU athletics. In addition, it chronicles the growth of collegiate athletics and the many associations that SCSU athletics became affiliated with over the years. There is no counterpart to Dr. Kasper's book that chronicles women's athletics at St. Cloud State University. FINDINGS: Intercollegiate Women's Athletics at St. Cloud State University began in the 1960s and quickly grew throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. In the 1960s and early 70s athletics for women was new to everyone including the athletes, coaches, and administrators. Many of the early athletes had their first athletic experience at the collegiate level. By the 1980s the formation of conferences and regional and national competition provided a basis for the women's sports teams. As the program reached the l 980s and 1990s, it became more competitive and several women's teams enjoyed unprecedented success winning conference championships, and advancing to regional and national tournaments. 111 Among the significant findings was the amount of information that had been documented by former athletes, coaches, and administrators. This documentation helped to create a chronology of events resulting in the history of women's athletics at St. Cloud State. An open-ended questionnaire was used to gather information about former and current athletes and coaches experiences in SCSU women's athletics. The answers to the questionnaire provided insight and anecdotal evidence of the athletic experience for women at SCSU. The progress of women's athletics at SCSU has resulted in great success for female athletes on this campus. It has become an accepted program that has reached beyond the SCSU ·community into regional and national recognition for its teams and athletes. The findings are important because they tell the reader where SCSU women's athletics started, where we have been, and even hints at_what the future holds. - 'Month· Year Approved by Research Committee: ~~~ Mark Moore Chairperson IV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I want to thank my family and Denny for your support and love throughout this project. To Elizabeth, Erin, Nicole, and Lindsey. May you enjoy a lifetime of sports because so many women including your Mom and aunts have paved the way for you to be successful not only in athletics but in life. I want to acknowledge and thank Gladys Ziemer. Gladys was a significant source of information for this thesis. Without her passion for women's athletics, St. Cloud State would not have experienced the tremendous successes of women competing in intercollegiate athletics for the Huskies. V ,. .. -.-, - TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page I. INTRODUCTION ... .... ...... ............ ....... .. .. .... ... ... .... ... .......... ........ .. 1 Statement of the Problem....................................................... 3 Purpose.................................................................................. 3 Limitations............................................................................. 4 II. METHOD......................................................................................... 6 Introduction_........................................................................... 6 Subjects................................................................................. 7 Instrument . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Procedures............................................................................. 8 Analysis of Data..................................................................... 9 Summary............................................................................... 10 III. RE SULTS......................................................................................... 11 THE EARLY YEARS: 1869 TO 1960 ....................................... 11 THE 1960S: THE BUILDING OF SCSU WOMEN'S ATIILETICS ......................................................................... 17 Summary ............................................................·................... 30 THE 1970S: EXPANSION, AIAW, TITLE IX.......................... 31 VI -------~---- - -- ---------~ - - - -------~ Chapter Page Volleyball............................................................................... 34 Name and Coaching Changes ........ :........................................ 38 Cross Country........................................................................ 39 Golf....................................................................................... 40 Badminton . .. .. ... .. 40 Basketball . .. 40 I I Gymnastics ........................................................................... 45 I . dD". I Swunrrung an 1v1ng ........................................................... 47 I I Softball ................................................................................. 51 I Track and Field ..................................................................... 54 I I Tennis ................................................................................... 59 I I Suffilllary .............................................................................. 60 I I I 980S: COMING OF AGE, NCAA ........................................... 61 I I Volleyball .............................................................................. 65 I I Cross Country ....................................................................... 70 I I Golf ...................................................................................... 73 I I Basketball ............................................................................. 74 I I Gymnastics ........................................................................... 87 I I swimrrung . andD". 1ving ........................................................... 87 I I Softball ................................................................................. 91 I I Track and Field ..................................................................... 97 I I Tennis ................................................................................... 102 I I Vll I I I I Chapter Page Summary .............................................................................. 106 1990S: CHANGES AND ADDITIONS ..................................... 107 Volleyball. ....................................................._ ........................ 108 Cross Country ....................................................................... 114 Golf ...................................................................................... 118 Soccer .................................................................................. 122 Basketball ............................................................................. 126 Swimming and Diving ........................................................... 134 Nordic Skiing ........................................................................ 141 Ice Hockey ........................................................................... 142 Softball ................................................................................
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