In Sports Day Began in 1987 as a day to remember Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman for her athletic achievements and her work to assure equality for women's sports. Spear-headed by the Women's Sports Foundation, this special day is to celebrate female sports events across the country and encourage everyone to continue to fight for equality and access for women in sports. A Reception featuring Outstanding Local Athletes, Contests to Promote Awareness and so on. Empowerment Through Sports Eighty percent of women identified as key leaders in Fortune 500 companies participated in sports during their childhood. Women's Sports Foundation.
Research shows that many high school female athletes report higher grades.
At the age of 24, Holohan couldn't believe that a girls' sports series still hadn't hit the shelves. As a Randolph Hearst Journalism Award winner and All-Big Ten basketball player, she started writing only to be rejected by publishers. I took the city bus down a few days a week. To this day, I can still go to the club and see people like Earl the Squirrel and Al who made me a better player and person. BGCA has 437 Clubs in schools and 388 in public housing.