The Birth of a Program: Reflections, 45 Years Later
The Birth of a Program: Reflections on the Start of Wesleyan Women’s Soccer, 45 Years Later Written by: Rachel Wachman ’24 When the women’s soccer team formed in 1977, the University had only gone coeducational a few years prior. In response to popular demand from female students, Athletic Director Don Russell set out to create a women’s soccer team, as several teams for different women’s sports were forming for the first time on Wesleyan’s campus. At that point, Wesleyan had already established women’s varsity programs in field hockey (1972), basketball (1972-73), squash (1973-74), tennis (1973-74), crew (1974-75), cross country (1975),…
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