Fun Facts
This tennis legend has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era.
Who is Serena Williams?
The 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament champion was this powerhouse program.
Who is South Carolina?
She lit the Olympic cauldron at the 1996 Atlanta Games and is a gymnastics icon.
Who is Mary Lou Retton?
This Canadian hockey player is the all-time leading scorer in women’s Olympic hockey.
Who is Hayley Wickenheiser?
She was the first woman to score 100 points in a single NCAA Division I basketball game.
Who is Kelsey Plum?
This U.S. soccer player became famous for her pink hair and activism for equal pay.
Who is Megan Rapinoe?
The women’s volleyball team from this school set a world record for game attendance in 2023.
What University of Nebraska?
This U.S. swimmer earned 5 medals at the Tokyo 2020 Games, including 2 golds.
Who is Katie Ledecky?
This Japanese tennis star won the 2021 Australian Open and is known for her activism on mental health.
Who is Naomi Osaka?
This U.S. soccer player is the all-time leading goal scorer in international soccer, male or female.
Who is Abby Wambach?
Known as the “GOAT” of gymnastics, she has seven Olympic medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
Title IX, passed in this year, transformed opportunities for women in college athletics.
What is 1972?
This country’s women’s soccer team won gold at the 2012 Olympics.
What is the United States?
This Jamaican sprinter has won multiple Olympic golds in the 100m and 200m.
Who is Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce?
She became the first woman to coach in an NFL game in 2015.
Who is Jen Welter?
This sport was the first women’s event added to the modern Olympics in 1900.
What is tennis?
This Iowa basketball star broke NCAA scoring records and drew record TV audiences.
Who is Caitlin Clark?
This person scored the shootout goal against Team Canada, making Team USA the Gold Medalists in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Who is Jocelyn Lamoureux-Davidson?
This Saint Lucia resident won the 100m for her country in the 2024 Olympics, securing the first medal for her country in this event.
Who is Julien Alfred?
She became the first WNBA player to dunk in a regular-season game
Who is Lisa Leslie?
In 1973, Billie Jean King defeated this male tennis player in the “Battle of the Sexes.”
Who is Bobby Riggs?
Before becoming a WNBA star, Breanna Stewart won four straight NCAA titles with this school.
What is UConn?
Who were the 4 sprinters representing the United States in the 4x100 winning gold this past year?
Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry, Gabby Thomas, and Sha'Carri Richardson
This Brazilian soccer star, known for her incredible goal-scoring and six FIFA World Player of the Year awards, is often called the greatest female footballer of all time.
Who is Marta?
This woman was the captain of the first United States women's hockey team to win gold at the Olympics.
Who is Cammi Granato?