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Michigan high school softball field controversy
by Title IX Blog
posted April 6, 2012 at 8:26pm

The girls' softball team in Avondale, Michigan is embarrassed by the condition of their field. And the players and their supporters are wondering where the money earmarked for the facility's improvement have gone--as they stare at the newly renovated boys...more

"I really believe in the next 10 years that women’s football is going to be a collegiate sport"
by anngaff
posted April 2, 2012 at 11:21am

Photo: Miami Dolphins Davie, FL – Today was a great day for women’s athletics in South Florida when the Miami Dolphins hosted over 400 female athletes at the team’s indoor training facility in Davie for the Girls High School Flag Jamb...more

Standing on the Shoulders of Those Before Us
by BAWSI Angela
posted March 27, 2012 at 11:28am

Female Athletes Value for Relationships Enables a Unique Opportunity to Support and Make Sure No One Gets Left Behind...more

Leading by Example- Santa Clara University Women’s Basketball Coaches
by BAWSI Drea
posted March 23, 2012 at 9:25am

  Here at BAWSI we rely heavily on female athletes to understand the importance of using their unique platform for good. But, rarely do we see the coaches of these athletes making the same commitment themselves. The Santa Clara University women&rsqu...;more

Planting Seeds of Change through Service
by BAWSI Angela
posted March 17, 2012 at 4:46pm

Student-Athletes Being Transformed through Service, Empowered and Inspired for Life Beyond Athletics...more

Where We Find Meaning as Athletes
by BAWSI Miyoko
posted March 14, 2012 at 2:40pm

  Earning my first podium position at an international figure skating competition is one of my favorite figure skating memories. We were in Slovenia, proudly wearing our Canadian Junior National Figure Skating Team jackets, and everything came toget...more

Athletes Giving Back!
by BAWSI Drea
posted March 12, 2012 at 11:58pm

Santa Clara University Cross Country athletes give back to their community by teaching adaptive sports to children with disabilities....more

Research on attitudes toward girls' participation
by Title IX Blog
posted February 24, 2012 at 8:39pm

A recently published (June 2011) research note on  attitudes toward participation opportunities for girls in sports found that high school students are generally supportive of providing sport opportunities for girls. The research, done by Marni Brown...more

Mercedes Russell looking like high school hoops player of the year
by They're Playing Basketball
posted February 24, 2012 at 5:34pm

ESPN is watching the stars of high school basketball. But they missed one of the biggest in the hoops constellation: Mercedes Russell of Springfield, Ore. The 6-foot-5 junior this season is averaging 28.25 points, 15.4 rebounds, 6.5 blocks, 4.6 assists, a...more

Kayla Miracle to be First Indiana Female to Reach High School Wrestling Finals
by Wombat Sports
posted February 17, 2012 at 1:49am

Image: Mike Fender/Indy Star By:  Kyle Neddenriep – Indy Star CULVER, Ind. — When Kayla Miracle emerges from the tunnel Friday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse to take a lap around the floor with 223 other competitors at the high...more

3 Pieces Of Advice for Female Athletes Once Their Playing Days Are Over
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted February 15, 2012 at 6:07pm

source Our female student-athletes hear lots of doom and gloom stories about what their professional careers will look like after graduation.  Whether it’s the glass ceiling or balancing career and family, they are understandably nervous as th...more

High School Athletes Win Title IX Trial - judge rules school provides inferior facilities and resources to girls
by Title IX Blog
posted February 11, 2012 at 7:15pm

A group of female athletes in Chula Vista, California, won their class action lawsuit against Sweetwater Union School District, having convinced a federal judge at trial that the school violated Title IX by providing inferior facilities and resources to g...more

A Look At The McDonald's All-American Rosters
by Swish Appeal
posted February 10, 2012 at 1:15pm

McDonald's announced their list of 24 high school All-Americans on Thursday and here's a brief glimpse of the squad breakdowns. One of the first things that jumped out to me as the fact that the West has a quite obvious height advantage, with two Califor...more

Muslim high school basketball player wears her faith with pride on court
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 5, 2012 at 1:37am

Tabb's Yasmeen Amer (Kaitlin McKeown, Daily Press / February 2, 2012)By Marty O'Brien, [email protected] | 757-247-4963YORK —— There were times after Yasmeen Amer began wearing a hijab that she felt conf...more

Team Sports and Team Parents
by CPS8910
posted January 30, 2012 at 7:40pm

Have you ever noticed that when team sports need parents to help with team things like fundraising, working in a concession stand, it is always the same parents?  How do some people have the volunteer spirit alive in their hearts, and other turn th...more

National Girls and Women in Sports Day- February 1, 2012 - Go out and support women's sport!
by Women in Sport International
posted January 28, 2012 at 6:36pm

Tweet Don't you think it is time to celebrate women in sport? The National Association for Girls and Women in Sport ("NAGWS") is working hard to promote the 26th annual celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day in the United States schedule...more

Gatorade National Cross Country AOY Molly Seidel surprised by Shalane Flanagan with honor
by anngaff
posted January 24, 2012 at 10:48pm

via release Hartland, Wis. (Jan 24, 2012) – In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS today announced Molly Seidel of University Lake School (Hartland, Wis.) a...more

Case Raises Question of Title IX's Application to Private High School
by Title IX Blog
posted January 17, 2012 at 7:19pm

A recently-filed federal lawsuit claims that Poly Prep High School in Brooklyn violated Title IX by responding with deliberate indifference to knowledge that a football coach was sexually abusing his student-athletes. This case is vulnerable to dismissal...more

Fired Lesbian Coach and School Reach Settlement
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted January 13, 2012 at 6:15pm

In November, I posted an article about a lesbian high school coach who was fired from her teaching and coaching position. Here is that post.Apparently the coach and the school have reached a settlement agreement. It is unclear from the article what the te...more

Softball Tips - Upping Your Focus Level Pays Off
by Softball Performance Blog
posted January 12, 2012 at 1:11pm

  Tonight I was working with one of my top hitting students, a girl named Amy who always draws oohs and ahhs when people watch her swing the bat. She's a very good hitter, better than she herself realizes, I think, and really turned some heads as a ...more

National Pro Fastpitch Announces New Youth Program with 3 Different Ways to Get Involved
by anngaff
posted January 10, 2012 at 10:35am

Nashville, TN - National Pro Fastpitch announced today the establishment of the NPF Official Developmental Partnership Program. The Program is designed to join the professional ranks of owners, players, and staff with the amateur ranks of youth participan...more

Update on Lawsuit Filed by Kilgore, TX Lesbian Softball Player and Her Mother
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted January 4, 2012 at 3:22pm

Last January I started the year describing a situation in a Kilgore, TX high school where a lesbian softball player was, according to allegations in her lawsuit against the school, athletic director and coaches, treated outrageously by her coaches. Skye W...more

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