by admin | Apr 22, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Kate Paye spent nearly two decades as Stanford’s coach-in-waiting, her high energy and positive spirit shining through on the sideline right next to Hall of Fame coach Tara VanDerveer. Now, it’s Paye’s turn at last. And while keeping to many of...
by admin | Apr 18, 2024 | Representation, SEW
For years, women’s sports was an afterthought for TV, frequently relegated to ESPN2, Fox Sports 2 or ESPNNews, if they were able to secure TV rights at all. It was a self-reinforcing cycle of denial: Women’s sports didn’t rate, so the demand for the rights wasn’t...
by admin | Apr 16, 2024 | Representation, SEW
The Iowa Hawkeyes are set to retire Caitlin Clark’s number 22 jersey. The announcement at Iowa’s end-of-season celebration ceremony comes days after her record-breaking NCAA career came to an end. She finishes as the all-time leading scorer in college...
by admin | Apr 12, 2024 | Representation, SEW
For the first time in its 42-year history, more people watched the women’s NCAA basketball final than the men’s. The total number of viewers for Sunday’s women’s national championship gamebetween South Carolina and Iowa was 18.9 million, peaking at 24.1 million in the...
by admin | Apr 12, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Iowa Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark was named the winner of the 2024 Wooden Award on Tuesday, taking home the honor as the most outstanding player in women’s college basketball for the second straight season. Clark won the award over UConn’s Paige Bueckers,...
by admin | Apr 11, 2024 | Representation, SEW
The ratings record for a women’s college basketball game just got shattered – again. Sunday’s NCAA tournament national title game between undefeated and top overall seed South Carolina and Caitlin Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes averaged 18.7 million viewers, peaking at 24...
by admin | Apr 11, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Caitlin Clark’s last dance in the NCAA dominated conversation ahead of Sunday’s women’s national championship game. Could the Iowa star cap off her historic time in college basketball with the final and so-far elusive accolade: a national title? Read...
by admin | Apr 10, 2024 | Representation, SEW
The officials just couldn’t help themselves. Caitlin Clark and Iowa. Paige Bueckers and UConn. The teams battling in a prize-fight worthy of a game, a spot in the national championship game on the line. And the refs had to go and make it about them. Read...
by admin | Apr 8, 2024 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Women’s college basketball is growing more and more as a sport. The NCAA has seen a significant boom in talent in recent years, graduating the likes of Sabrina Ionescu, Aliyah Boston and Satou Sabally to the WNBA where they have since transformed into stars of...
by admin | Apr 8, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Who are the longest-tenured head coaches in women’s college basketball history? We recently examined the men’s NCAA head coaches with the most job security. Next, let’s evaluate the women’s NCAA head coaches who remained with one school for...
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