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Title IX Turns 45
June 23, 2017 | USC Ripsit Blog
Forty-five years ago today, Congress passed Title IX, creating a boom in women's sports on the NCAA level.
A section of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title IX ensured that "no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
Since its inception, USC's women's sports have blossomed. Across 12 women's sports, USC was won 30 national championships (20 NCAA) and 73 individual NCAA championships.
USC's first women's team title came four years after Title IX was implemented. Head coach Chuck Erbe led the women's volleyball team to the AIAW Championship in 1976 for the first of six titles for the program. Only women's tennis has more at USC (seven).
USC's 20 women's NCAA titles are the seventh-most in the nation, while their 73 individual titles rank ninth.
In addition to USC's national titles, 18 Women of Troy have earned the Honda Award for the top female athlete in their sport. The first was Cheryl Miller of USC women's basketball in 1984, and the most recent was Samantha Bricio of USC women's volleyball in 2016.
Bricio's dominance helped USC's athletic department earn the 2016-15 Capital One Cup, given to the nation's top women's athletic program based on NCAA finishes.
Between basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, rowing, beach volleyball, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball and water polo, USC's women's sports have come on strong lately, winning at least one national title in four of the past five seasons.
In 2016, two women's teams went all the way: soccer won its second title in program history and beach volleyball won its third in a row.
Follow the Trojans on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to see which women's team will be next!
A section of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title IX ensured that "no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
Since its inception, USC's women's sports have blossomed. Across 12 women's sports, USC was won 30 national championships (20 NCAA) and 73 individual NCAA championships.
USC's first women's team title came four years after Title IX was implemented. Head coach Chuck Erbe led the women's volleyball team to the AIAW Championship in 1976 for the first of six titles for the program. Only women's tennis has more at USC (seven).
USC's 20 women's NCAA titles are the seventh-most in the nation, while their 73 individual titles rank ninth.In addition to USC's national titles, 18 Women of Troy have earned the Honda Award for the top female athlete in their sport. The first was Cheryl Miller of USC women's basketball in 1984, and the most recent was Samantha Bricio of USC women's volleyball in 2016.
Bricio's dominance helped USC's athletic department earn the 2016-15 Capital One Cup, given to the nation's top women's athletic program based on NCAA finishes.
Between basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, rowing, beach volleyball, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball and water polo, USC's women's sports have come on strong lately, winning at least one national title in four of the past five seasons.
In 2016, two women's teams went all the way: soccer won its second title in program history and beach volleyball won its third in a row.
Follow the Trojans on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to see which women's team will be next!
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