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National Girls and Women in Sports Day
2008 marks the 18th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) celebration at the University at Buffalo. The Division of Athletics organizes numerous activities designed to honor our varsity female athletics teams, our competitive female club sports, women who have positively impacted UB women's athletics, and our faculty and staff who work directly with the female athletes.

Women's Work: a tribute to the women who make UB work
This exhibit focuses on the achievements that women faculty, staff, and administration have made and their contributions to the University at Buffalo over the past 100 years.

Two of the women featured in the exhibit are Betty Dimmick, Director of Women Athletics (1976-1986) and Nan Harvey, Associate Athletics Director / Senior Women's Athletic Administrator who was a vital part of the UB Athletics Department for twenty years. There is also a timeline of Women and Sport at UB from 1963-2003.

In addition to the multi-media special web exhibit, there is also a physical exhibit in the Special Collections Reading Room in 420 Capen Hall.

Women's intercollegiate athletics at the University at Buffalo began in 1963-64 when the first modern varsity team, swimming and diving, was established. Now competing at the NCAA Division I level, these recent accomplishments point to the continued success of UB's women athletes, both on the playing field and in the classroom:

• a Mid-American Conference (MAC) regular season title by women's soccer in 2000
• the MAC Women's Cross Country Champion in 2004
• a three-time NCAA participant and a four-time MAC Champion in track and field
• the first All-MAC honoree in women's cross country in 2003 and the first track event champion (10,000 meters) during the 2004 outdoor track and field season
• a two-time MAC Swimmer of the Year (2002-03, 2004-05) and a College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Academic All-American
• the highest team GPA in the nation in Division I for two consecutive semesters by women's swimming and diving
• a MAC Freshman of the Year (2004-05), MAC Defensive Player of the Year (2000-01) and a two-time Kodak Honorable Mention All-American (1999-2000, 2000-01) in women's basketball
• the MAC Newcomer of the Year and an All-MAC First Team selection in women's tennis in both 2003-04 and 2004-05
• a tennis coach named PTR Eastern Coach of the Year in 2002
• the school's first medal at the Head of the Charles Regatta (a fourth-place finish by the Collegiate 8 crew), a first-place finish by the Novice 4 at the Knecht Cup and the school's first championship at the Dad Vail Regatta, one of the most prestigious and largest rowing events in the country, since being elevated to varsity status by the Novice 8 crew in 2004-05
• the MAC's single-season and career softball batting average leader and the MAC's regular season ERA (1.38) leader in 2004
• four All-Region honorees in softball and a milestone win over a nationally-ranked team in 2003
• a volleyball player who reached the 1,000 mark in both career kills and career digs during the 2002 season
• one female Academic All-American and 12 female Academic All-District I honorees in the past four years
• six SUNY Chancellor's Scholar-Athlete Award winners in 2003-04 and five in 2004-05
• two women's MAC Coach of the Year honorees
• 11 women inducted into UB's Athletic Hall of Fame in the last four years, bringing the total number of female inductees to 22

For more information on the accomplishments of UB's current female athletes, visit the following sport pages: