AIAW vs. NCAA

Post Author: Jacob Houser Just as there were different ideologies of men’s and women’s competition, there were different ideologies behind the NCAA and AIAW. Women’s sports had long been known to follow the ideal of “sports for all,” in which Continue reading AIAW vs. NCAA

Student Athlete Perspective: Katherine Johnson

Post Author: Jacob Houser “We didn’t even think about it, we were just there to play the game” (Johnson, 2013). These were the words of Katherine Johnson (’77), James Madison University’s first female All-American athlete, when discussing the prevalence of Continue reading Student Athlete Perspective: Katherine Johnson