Title IX states that “no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”  Best known for the impact it eventually had on the competitive fields of play, when Title IX was passed in 1972, fewer than 300,000 girls were participating in high school sports. 

Now 40 years later, the number of girls and women involved in sports at all levels numbers in the tens of millions.  To celebrate the 26th-annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Feb. 1, William Paterson invited six of its female Alumni Association Athletic Hall of Fame members back to campus to share their stories with the current group of Pioneer student-athletes, and to relate how those experiences as college athletes have positively impacted their lives beyond their playing days.

Video Highlights
Introduction -- Hallie Cohen (softball head coach) and Sabrina Grant (director of athletics)

Lauren Hertzberg Brown '03 (softball)

Bridget Brennan Jones '98 (basketball)

Dana Feltz Schwartz '00 (soccer/basketball/softball)

Lesley Dube Lubanski '03 (field hockey)

Kyle Lubrano Boyer '01 (soccer)

Laurie Cochran Kearns '85 (volleyball)