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THE TYEEDIFFERENCEYOUR SUPPORT. THEIR FUTURE. OUR HUSKIES.THE LEGACY OF TITLE IX ROWS ONPAGE 4KIT GREEN’S IMPACTPAGE 5 PIONEERS OF TITLE IXPAGES 6–7BASKETBALL’S LEXI GRIGGSBY PAGE 8CONVERSATION WITH COACH TARRPAGE 9MIGHTY ARE THE WOMENHONORING TWO HUSKY GIANTSPAGES 10–11SPRING 2022CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITLE IX

TITLE IX: IT’S ALL ABOUT OPPORTUNITYWelcome to a special issue of The Tyee Dierence, dedicated to 50 years of opportunity ushered in by the passage of a monumental piece of federal legislation called Title IX.While Title IX prohibits gender discrimination in all educational programs that receive federal funds, it has had a profound impact on women in sports. As you’ll read in the following pages, it was desperately needed, joyfully celebrated and often controversial in its early years.At Husky Athletics, our commitment to opportunity for all student-athletes — female and male — takes constant vigilance. Every member of every team deserves an equal opportunity to compete in a sport they love while earning an education at the University of Washington. Title IX keeps us focused on ensuring that equity of opportunity.And how far we’ve come! Washington women have won national championships in Rowing, Golf, Cross Country, Volleyball and Softball, also earning Final Four appearances in Basketball. Over the past 50 years, generations of little girls have grown up with condence that they can compete on level playing elds. Countless lives have been changed for the better through athletic competition. No matter our gender, we all admire inspiring female athletes who serve as change-makers and as role models for grit, integrity and courage. As women’s sports continue to skyrocket in popularity and visibility, many more doors to opportunity will open.Title IX mandated opportunity. Tyee Club members like you bring that opportunity to life through your generous support of Husky Athletics. Thank you. Enjoy this issue as we kick o a year of celebration of the impact of Title IX.Go Dawgs!THE TYEE DIFFERENCEPublished by the University of Washington Tyee ClubVOLUME 8, NUMBER 2 SPRING 2022UW Tyee Club members support the academic and athletic experiences of more than 650 University of Washington student-athletes in 22 men’s and women’s sports. Your gifts account for nearly 25 percent of the funding we need to recruit the most sought-after student-athletes, hire the best coaches, develop championship teams and build facilities that make the fan experience second to none. You make all the dierence.WRITING Teresa MooreGRAPHIC DESIGNDavidOwenHastings.comUW TYEE CLUBGraves Hall Box 354070 Seattle WA 98195-4070tyeeclub@uw.edu206.543.2234 uwtyeeclub.comTHE TYEE DIFFERENCE SPRING 20222Jennifer Cohen Director of Athletics

UWTYEECLUB.COM3CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF TITLE IXLANDMARK 1972 LEGISLATION OPENS THE DOORS TO OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN IN ATHLETICS — AND BEYOND “No person in the United States shall, based on sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benets of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal nancial assistance.”Passed by the 92nd U.S. Congress, signed into law by President Richard Nixon, eective June 23, 1972It almost didn’t happen.As the War in Vietnam waged on, as women’s empowerment was making its mark, Title IX was being debated in Congress as a way to prohibit discrimination based on sex in federally funded education programs. Then, an amendment was proposed to exempt athletic departments.That eort failed, and despite continuing unsuccessful attacks over the past ve decades in Congress and the courts, scores of female student-athletes from elementary to graduate school have beneted from the protections of Title IX.The high-prole attempts to limit Title IX’s impact on athletics, along with equally visible advances for female student-athletes, prompted widespread misunderstanding that the law pertained only to sex-equity in athletics. In fact, the original version of Title IX included no mention of sports at all. It was always about civil rights and education.Universities that had previously set small quotas for women in male-dominated degree programs like engineering, law and science withdrew those restrictions. Recruitment, admissions and nancial aid policies became more equitable. Pregnant and parenting students were treated more fairly. In the 1980s and 90s, U.S. Supreme Court decisions claried that sexual harassment and assault were forms of discrimination, prompting important policy advances to ensure student safety. LGBTQ students also earned protection from discrimination under Title IX. While it continues to have broad impact in education, Title IX deserves monumental credit for elevating opportunities for women to soar athletically — and academically. The UW awarded scholarships to 117 women in 2021-22; excluding Football, more women earn scholarships than men at Washington. A report by the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education notes that about 30,000 women competed in college athletics before Title IX. An estimated 220,000 compete today (along with 280,000 men), according to the data company Statista.The University of Washington and schools across the nation continue to vigilantly monitor compliance with Title IX. With this watchful eye, opportunities are sure to grow. As Husky Athletics kicks o a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX, we’ll be sharing much more info in the months to come.

4THE TYEE DIFFERENCETHE LEGACY OF TITLE IXROWS ONENDOWMENT HONORS A HALF-CENTURY OF ADVANCEMENTS FOR WOMEN STUDENT-ATHLETESFifty years later, they still move in rhythm as one. Women who rowed for Washington in the 1970s, bound by their love for a sport that continues to lend meaning to their lives, are united in providing the same transformative experience to the generations that follow in their wake.To recognize the milestones of the past and to help spur more opportunities in the future, the group has established The Title IX Legacy Endowment to support Washington Women’s Rowing. While alumni could tell lots of ugly stories about the resistance they endured even after Title IX, they choose to focus on the beauty of the many advances launched by the law.“The Title IX Legacy means that inspirational change is always possible, in sports, in education, in life. This endowment is a legacy from our time to the future,” explains Linda Fornaciari, a spokesperson for the group, which launched the endowment with an initial $50,000 investment and another $50,000 pledge.As other donors follow the lead of the women of the ’70s, the endowment will continue to grow and help fund the program’s operational costs. An immediate purchase of a namesake boat will further commemorate the landmark law.“Thanks to the generosity of the women of the ’70s, we will always have a boat in the eet that bears the name Title IX Legacy,” says Women’s Rowing Head Coach Yasmin Farooq. “It will be the agship of the endowment and an inspiration for every generation to give back, knowing their dollars will directly impact our program on a daily basis.”Linda and her teammates relish their lifelong sisterhood. They wish the same for today’s rowers.“Most of us were walk-ons, but Washington turned us into condent and intense athletes,” Linda says. “It was a chapter in our lives when we were so strong, physically and mentally, a time when we realized the power of teamwork. We carried that forward into our lives to this day and we want every rower in the future to feel the same.”She notes that the impact of Title IX can be seen in the shocked faces of today’s women rowers as they learn of the much-less-than-equitable treatment their foremothers experienced. “That’s what’s so inspiring — to see how much things have changed!” Linda exclaims. “Look how far we’ve come.”

5UWTYEECLUB.COMIn her three decades at the University of Washington, Kit Green almost single-handedly turned women’s athletics from an afterthought into a priority.One of just ve Athletic Department administrators to earn spots in the Husky Hall of Fame (and the only woman), Kit’s legacy is alive in every glorious moment of victory for UW women’s sports today. She is now 89 years old and living with dementia. It’s up to us to remember her incredible impact.WASHINGTON WOMEN IN THE 1960S AND ’70SKit came from a successful New York family with roots in 18th Century America, according to her former partner of 34 years, Barbara Daum, who continues to manage Kit’s aairs. Her grandmother majored in “physical culture” at Oberlin in the early 1900s and her mother graduated from Wellesley. Kit earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education at Skidmore College and a master’s at the University of Colorado.She arrived at the UW as a P.E. instructor in 1960. By 1969, she’d taken charge of the student intramural program — the sole option for female athletes since the Athletic Department sponsored only men’s sports. Shortly after Title IX passed, Kit was promoted to Senior Associate Athletic Director, tasked with integrating 11 women’s sports into the department.“At the outset, only limited funding was provided by the University,” Kit recalled in 1999 when she received the Nike Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in Sports. “We started with no scholarships, no lockers, part-time local coaches, no trainers, one set of uniforms, private cars or school buses for transportation … just the bare necessities.”STANDING STRONG FOR EQUITYFostering transformative change was challenging. Kit was often frustrated by the department’s “hyper machoism,” noted Barbara, and its unwillingness to hire female coaches and dedicate more funding to women’s teams.When Women’s Basketball needed a new coach in 1985, Kit was pressured to hire a male assistant coach of the Men’s Basketball team. “Kit refused and thought she’d be red,” Barbara recounted. Kit wanted to hire a woman named Chris Gobrecht. The University’s administration supported Kit, and Chris Gobrecht became one of the most successful and admired coaches in Husky history.“I am most proud of the fact that I was able to persevere and survive under oen dicult circumstances, including a sometimes-hostile environment, and was instrumental in creating a viable program of intercollegiate athletics for women at Washington,” Kit said in the 1999 interview.A LIFE, A LEGACYDespite the adversity, Kit’s career advanced. Her responsibilities grew to include oversight of 20 women’s and men’s sports. She retired in 1994 and remains passionate for all things Husky. “Her heart is in the growth that continues exponentially today,” Barbara said.That heartfelt love is actualized in Kit’s ongoing nancial generosity to the programs she advanced. She recently created an endowment for Women’s Rowing, donated to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Title IX, and made other generous contributions.“She’s very proud of the development of women’s programs and the support they receive from everyone in the Athletic Department. It’s a wonderful feeling for her to help them out now,” said Barbara.If you’d like to reach out to Kit, who turned 90 on June 3, email your greetings to KitGreenHuskies@gmail.com. KIT GREEN’S LIFELONG DEDICATION TO WOMEN IN SPORT SPURS ENDURING ADVANCEMENTS FOR HUSKY ATHLETICSTHE UW’S CHAMPION FOR WOMEN

6THE TYEE DIFFERENCE SPRING 2022MIGHTY ARE THE WOMEN OF WASHINGTON!Here are a few highlights of achievements since the inception of Title IX in 1972.THE 70s n Trish Bostrom (1969-72), tennis champion and women’s rights trailblazern UW Athletics begins women’s varsity sports sponsorship (1974-75)n First senior women’s administrator Catherine “Kit” Green (1974-95)THE 80s n NCAA adds women’s sports and championships (1982-83)n Rowing’s dominance as 1981, 82, 83, 84 and 85 Women’s Eight National Championsn Basketball draws 3,832 fans in its NCAA rst-round game against UCLA (1985); moves from Pavilion Addition to Hec Edmundson Pavilion (1986)THE 90s n Barbara Hedges, rst woman hired as Athletic Director (1991-2004)n Women’s Soccer added as varsity sport (1991)n Softball added as a varsity sport (1993); earns Pac-10 championship after just four seasonsn Husky Women’s Basketball reaches the NCAA Elite 8 (1990) and Sweet 16 (1995)WOMEN IN SPORTS,A CONVERSATION WITH THREE HUSKY HALL OF FAMERS WHOSETrish Bostrom, a Seattle attorney and the rst woman to be inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame, graduated in 1972 and went on to play professional tennis for eight years, ranking fth in the world in doubles (besting Billie Jean King in doubles at Wimbledon) and 30th in singles.A rower in the early 70s, Jan Harville head-coached Washington Women’s Rowing to three national championships (the rst UW woman coach to ever win a national title), earning nine Pac-12 Coach of the Year titles; she competed in the Olympics and is a member of the National Rowing Hall of Fame.USA Gymnastics Hall of Famer Joyce Tanac Shroeder, who became a pharmacist after graduating in 1974, is Washington’s most decorated gymnast; she won the all-around title and all four individual titles at the U.S. National Championships and also competed in the Olympics.The three women recently met over Zoom to share their perspectives on women and sports.What was it like to be female student-athletes at Washington in the years before Title IX?JOYCE: I was very fortunate to get an academic scholarship at a time when there were no athletic scholarships for women — I think tuition was $133 a quarter back then! We worked out in the same gym as the men, but when we traveled to meets we had to drive our own cars. We ew standby to save money when we went to nationals.JAN: I signed up for rowing after seeing a sign that said No Experience Necessary. That sounded like me! There was no nancial support from the Athletic Department. We went to Penney’s to buy our T-shirts and did bake sales and car washes to pay for gas to drive to local meets. The men had Conibear Shellhouse; we changed clothes before class in a port-a-potty near the old canoe house. We didn’t really start getting scholarships in Women’s Rowing until 1997.TRISH: There were huge discrepancies. We had no scholarships, no uniforms and had to buy our own rackets and balls. The men traveled to meets and slept in hotels. We brought sleeping bags and stayed with players’ friends and family members. I wanted the right to try out for men’s team until there was equity. An attorney friend of my father’s took my case for free and we

7UWTYEECLUB.COMTHE 2000s n Volleyball rises to prominence with a National Championship (2005); Courtney Thompson (2003-06) wins National Player of the Year and Honda Award; All-Americans Sanja Tomasevic (2002-05) and Christal Morrison (2004-07)n Cross Country wins 2008 NCAA ChampionshipTHE 2010s n Two-time All-America Basketball Guard Kelsey Plum (2014-17) becomes college basketball’s all-time leading scorer and leads UW to the NCAA Final Four (2016)n Volleyball’s Krista Vansant (2011-14) earns 2014 National Player of the Year honors and leads UW to the 2013 NCAA Final Four n Golf coach Mary Lou Mulur leads UW to its rst NCAA Team Championship (2016)n Washington names Jennifer Cohen its second female Director of Athletics (2016-present) THE 2020s n Volleyball returns to the NCAA Final (2020)n The sky’s the limit!THEN AND NOWLEGACY AND IMPACT ENDURE TODAYthreatened to le an injunction to prohibit NCAA competition in all sports (including football!). Two weeks after that hearing, I played with the men and the UW agreed to work toward more equitable funding. Title IX passed shortly after that, opening the doors not just to athletics but for things like medical schools and law schools and engineering classes, which had been closed or open to a small quota for women.JOYCE: I didn’t realize that!JAN: And a lot of members of Congress knew it was for education but didn’t realize it would aect sports.TRISH: That’s true. There have been constant and consistent attacks since the beginning to try to eliminate Title IX.The late 60s and early 70s were a pivotal time for America, an era when women were really becoming activists for equity. What is your sense of the role that sports played in advancing gender equity during those days?JAN: Title IX opened up so many opportunities for women. It helped us become much more independent, condent and skillful. Men had that advantage for so many years. Now, women were able to compete and grow.JOYCE: Opportunity. That’s the big dierence. We had the opportunity to do things in sports that only men had access to before.TRISH: That’s right. Sports teach leadership skills, discipline, how to win and lose, how to work in a group. Male leaders had developed from athletic training for years. Suddenly, thanks to Title IX, women could develop those skills and dramatically aect society for the positive.How did your time as student-athletes prepare you for careers that had typically been dominated by men?JOYCE: Three big things: Time management, discipline and understanding that if you work hard at whatever you want, you can achieve it.TRISH: During our era, we didn’t have mentors to guide us. We learned on our own to be disciplined, to set high goals and gure out how to reach them.JAN: We had to ght for a lot of things as women student-athletes back then, and many of us became successful in our careers because we had to struggle and nd our own ways to solve problems. What’s left to be done at all levels of women in sports?TRISH: Title IX is not secure. Young athletes need to be consistent in upholding Title IX. Things are much better now, but the NCAA and all athletic departments must keep working very hard on creating an equitable environment in which male athletes and female athletes are treated equally.JOYCE: Money is still an issue, especially because the revenue from men’s sports remains much higher. There’s still a lot that can be done.JAN: Be vigilant in sustaining progress into the future. There’s still not equity, from elementary school to college to professional athletics for women. The boys still tend to get the best of everything. But a lot is changing from year to year. The UW has led the way in providing an equitable experience for women. We take a lot of pride in Washington for that.

THE TYEE DIFFERENCE SPRING 20228GAME-CHANGER — ON THE COURT AND OFFA RESILIENT LEXI GRIGGSBY USES BASKETBALL AS A LAUNCHING PAD TO IMPROVE LIVESIt takes grit to be a college basketball player. And Lexi Griggsby has it in abundance.Fifty-two seconds into the seventh game of 2021-22, the graduate student sustained a season-ending knee injury. It could’ve been a sad end to a UW career that started out with big challenges, endured many disappointments and rebounded with fresh hope in a new coach.Fortunately — for the team and for us all — her early-season injury gives her the opportunity to come back for a sixth season, continuing her awesome three-pointers and advancing her goals as a legal advocate for equity and change.Lexi grew up as the youngest of four siblings in a basketball family that bonded through the game. She was a standout star at a state championship high school in California.“My parents encouraged me to choose a college for the academics, a school where I could be happy if basketball were to end,” recalls Lexi. “They didn’t care if I got a scholarship or walked on, they just wanted me to get a great education.”She found it all at Washington — the scholarship and a bachelor’s degree in American Ethnic Studies with a minor in Diversity, Law and Society. After admittedly struggling with stress, another injury and her rigorous classes her freshman year, she made it to the Dean’s List and discovered her identity outside of sport.“I learned that we can put so much focus on our sport that we don’t know what else interests us,” she explains. “I realized that I could help change our university for the better by working with the Black Student-Athlete Association, creating a space for us to come together as a community.”She is now earning a Master’s of Jurisprudence, which allows her to analyze laws and oer legal advice without sitting for the Bar.“I believe that if we know the laws and the knowledge behind them, it’s harder for people to take advantage of the rights we have,” she explains. “My dream job would be to work with a nonprot organization and teach young people to safely advocate for change while maintaining their rights. Or work within a university or a company to implement equity.”

Describe the dierences in resources that Softball players enjoy today compared to what you experienced in the 1990s at the UW.We have our own locker room and indoor practice facility now! We didn’t have anywhere to practice indoors when I was a student-athlete and also had no access to nutrition support, training table meals, technology for training, nothing like that. I remember having academic advisors, but nowhere near the extensive opportunities for tutors and career development that student-athletes have today. Even 20 years after Title IX was passed, I was a walk-on in 1993 and didn’t earn a scholarship until my senior year. I lived at home in Redmond so I could aord to go to school at the UW. Now, with Title IX, scholarships are more equitable. You played on Washington’s rst-ever Women’s College World Series team in 1996. What is your most compelling memory of that experience?The second game of the championship series, the Husky Marching Band showed up unexpectedly and we heard them from behind the fence. For the rest of series, the band was with us. That gave us a lot of condence. Bands went to football and bowl games! It meant that we were as important as football. The World Series even had to create protocols for bands from there on out because a band had never come before. I look back to those days and know that our team and our coaches built the foundation to continue to succeed to this day. A lot of it was because of Title IX. People were being held accountable for creating opportunity.CONVERSATION WITH COACHHUSKY SOFTBALL’S HEAD COACH HEATHER TARRWhat’s the most important thing you want donors to know?Their support, no matter how much they’re able to donate, gives us a tremendous amount of condence to know there are so many people behind us nancially and emotionally.What’s something about you that most people would nd unexpected?I used to be a ski instructor and I thought I’d be a professional ski racer. I majored in geography and wanted to be a cartographer and design maps. I like to create things, to draw and design things, and to make videos and movies.The winningest coach of any sport in Washington history with a 744-283-1 record, Heather Tarr has led Washington Softball to seven appearances in the Women’s College World Series, including winning the national championship in 2009. A four-year Husky letter-winner, she became Softball’s head coach in 2005 and has been part of 23 of Washington’s 30 seasons of Softball. She also serves as head coach of the U.S. Under-19 National Softball Team.9UWTYEECLUB.COM

10THE TYEE DIFFERENCE SPRING 2022THE WAY OUT, THE WAY UPHUSKY HALL OF FAME BASKETBALL STAR LAUNCHES HER LIFE AT WASHINGTONChaos.That’s how Yvette Cole describes her young life with ve brothers and sisters, a single mom, and two strong and attentive grandparents.“We were poor and on government aid, living in the not-so-prestigious part of San Francisco. With so many kids around, I played any sport that got me out of the house and away from the chaos,” says the 1990 UW graduate, a Husky Hall of Fame member who still stands as one of Washington Women’s Basketball’s all-time highest scorers. Yvette played with her male cousins and other boys until high school, where her talents quickly became apparent to her coach, Linda Scott.“She was like my second mother and told me, ‘I think you could go to college with basketball.’ I said, ‘Black people don’t go to college.’ I never had any role models to show me that wasn’t true,” Yvette explains. “Linda’s guidance was what I really needed. I started getting serious about school. I was really excited about the prospect of leaving home, but I was still scared to death about going to college.”A scholarship from Washington made that unfathomable dream come true.“When I arrived in Seattle, I was the only freshman on the team and the only black kid on scholarship,” remembers Yvette. “I was the rst person in my family to go to college, and that scholarship made it pretty special. I would never have gone to college without it.”Her senior year, the African American Studies major took her rst social work class. It was a powerful introduction to how she could help “show kids that there was more to life than their own little worlds, just like I discovered.” Yvette returned to the UW and earned a Master’s in Social Work degree in 1995. She’s been a senior social worker at Department of Social Services in Orange County, California, since 1998.“Sports and the University of Washington changed the trajectory of my life,” Yvette concludes. “That’s where I built my strength and self-esteem. It was a way to clean out the chaos and nd direction. Sports gave me my voice.”Yvette with fellow Hall of Fame inductee Karen Deden.

UWTYEECLUB.COM11THE LEGACY OF HUSKY PRIDETHE DAUGHTER OF A UW FOOTBALL PLAYER AND HOMECOMING QUEEN PAYS IT FORWARD TO HELP NEW GENERATIONSThere are Husky fans who swear they bleed purple and gold. Those whose Washington roots go way, way back. And those who pay it far, far forward. The Hossfeld-Hemingway family earns all those distinctions.A football player in the early 1950s who still brings his letterman’s blanket to every game, who met his wife at the UW, whose family counts 18 Washington degrees among them (so far), who holds the same Husky Football season tickets he’s had for 68 years — Bud Hossfeld built a life as a devoted Dawg.That’s why his daughter, Kimberly Hossfeld Hemingway, and her husband, Jon Hemingway, decided to honor Bud by endowing a scholarship in his name. The gift added to a long history of the Hemingway’s generous giving to Husky Athletics. “There was no doubt that a Husky football scholarship was the most important thing I could do in my dad’s honor. He’s 90 years old now and he knows that his legacy will always live on,” says Kim, the oldest of Bud’s four daughters. Their mother Jean, UW’s homecoming queen of 1955, passed away in 1994.Bud earned books and tuition on a football scholarship at Washington, plus a small stipend for sweeping oors and doing other odd jobs around campus while studying for his business degree. The late U.S. Senator Henry “Scoop” Jackson from Washington opened the door for Bud to potentially attend West Point, but the young graduate of Seattle’s Lincoln High School rejected the military academy as having “too many rules”. He wanted to be a Husky.Even when his career in insurance took him and his family all over the country, Bud remained close to his teammates, his Beta Theta Pi fraternity brothers and the close friends he made in Husky Stadium. He’s now looking forward to the 2022 season and meeting the rst recipient of the Walter “Bud” Hossfeld Endowed Football Scholarship.WOULD YOU LIKE TO HONOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE through an endowed scholarship? Call the Tyee Club at 206.543.2234 to learn more.“I told him at Christmastime that we were doing this in his honor. He was so excited about the gift and couldn’t wait to share it with the rest of the family,” Kim says. “The UW made a big dierence for my dad. All his life he’s really lived and breathed being a Husky. It gives us all so much joy to be able to give other student-athletes the chance to play football and earn an education.”

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONBox 354070 Seattle WA 98195-4070tyeeclub@uw.edu 206.543.2234 uwtyeeclub.comHusky Giving Day boosted funding to support student-athletes by more than $900,000 from 1,600 donors, leading the University in both dollars and donors. The UW as a whole raised $2.4 million from more than 5,400 donors. Thank you, Tyee Club members! Your generosity to Washington Athletics means the world to us. The Husky Marching Band topped all schools and programs with 451 gifts compared to Softball’s 229 and Rowing’s 138. Rowing raised the most money with $88,000.WOW, THANKS! “We especially appreciate your generosity at a time when intercollegiate athletics are evolving to ensure that every student-athlete receives the essentials they need to compete, learn and grow,” says Shannon Kelly, Associate Athletic Director for Advancement. “Your gift is a vital investment in the lives of future leaders, in the competitiveness of every team and in the storied legacy of Washington Athletics.”Again, thank you so much for shaping the future of Washington student-athletes on Husky Giving Day. Generous Tyee Club members like you are the most important members of our team.