WWU Title IX letter ceremony

Nearly 200 former athletes and coaches from 1968–81 receive their varsity letters from Western May 20 during an award ceremony at Carver Gymnasium. The Title IX 50th anniversary celebration was led by Carmen Dolfo and Diane Flick-Williams with former Athletic Director Lynda Goodrich. (Andy Bronson/Cascadia Daily News)

Carolyn Price, right, and Linda Hopper high-five fellow former athletes as they receive their varsity letters from Western. (Andy Bronson/Cascadia Daily News)

Jo Metzger-Levin, left, hugs former teammate Mitzi Johanknecht during the ceremony. (Andy Bronson/Cascadia Daily News)

Framed letters with individual name tags were awarded to nearly 200 former athletes and coaches as part of a Title IX 50th Anniversary celebration during the university’s Back2B’Ham Alumni and Friends Weekend. (Andy Bronson/Cascadia Daily News)

Laura Healy, left, and Joane Larson Ischer stop for a photo May 20 to hold up their Western Washington University varsity letters during an award ceremony at Carver Gymnasium. The women were two of nearly 200 former athletes and coaches from 1968–81 to receive varsity letters on Saturday. (Andy Bronson/Cascadia Daily News)

Two women look at photos from the first year that Western had a crew team. (Andy Bronson/Cascadia Daily News)

Former, and first, Western Washington University women’s basketball coach Evelyn Ames hands off her name card to current head coach Carmen Dolfo before receiving her varsity letter from the university. (Andy Bronson/Cascadia Daily News)

Looking at photos, Allison Buswell, left, and Page Henkel Chance try to identify their teammates from Western's first crew team. (Andy Bronson/Cascadia Daily News)

Maryann Willis cheers enthusiastically as speaker Lynda Goodrich is announced at the ceremony. (Andy Bronson/Cascadia Daily News)

Last in line and walking to a standing ovation, former Western Athletic Director Lynda Goodrich picks up her varsity letter. (Andy Bronson/Cascadia Daily News)

Around 100 former Western Washington University female athletes and coaches gathered May 21 at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal for breakfast and to share the history of women in sports at the university. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)

Terri McMahan, known to many as Terri McWoman and a multi-sport athlete at Western, hosted the breakfast, which was filled with stories of progress, laughter, overcoming adversity and finding places among male peers. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)

Attendees eat breakfast at the cruise terminal. “The thing I just love about this weekend is seeing people who haven’t seen each other for decades — teammates that they loved but haven’t seen are now reconnected,” Terri McMahan told the attendees. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)

Evelyn Ames, who coached the first intercollegiate competition of the women's basketball program in 1965, reads a telegram she received when she coached. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)

Western Athletics historian Paul Madison holds up a program that the 1973 women's basketball team created. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)

Laura Healy, who was fundamental in the formation of the women's soccer program at Western, speaks to the crowd. (Finn Wendt/Cascadia Daily News)

WWU Title IX letter ceremony

May 21, 2023 at 1:54 p.m.