TITLE IX 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
at The University of Akron
T
he University of Akron paid tribute to
the school's long and storied history of women's sports that dates back
more than 100 years wtih a special reception on
the FirstMerit Foundation Club Level at InfoCision
Stadium – Summa Field during the fall.
Multiple Emmy award-winning broadcaster and
author, Connie Dieken (pictured right and far right
with UA VP and Chief of Staff Candace
Campbell Jackson and Zips women's
basketball head coach Jodi Kest)
served as the event's emcee.
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>> UA currently sponsors 11
Division I female sports –
including basketball, cross
country, golf, rifle, soccer,
softball, swimming and diving,
tennis, indoor and outdoor track
and field, and volleyball – and
more than 180 female studentathletes.
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>> In all, more than 1,300
female student-athletes
have earned at least one letter at UA while 13 teams have
captured Mid-American
Conference Championships.
