Olympics
What year did women first compete in the Olympics?
1900
(of 997 athletes, 22 women competed in five sports: tennis, sailing, croquet, equestrianism and golf. )
While media depict men as being passionate when celebrating wins or express their opinion on ref calls, women are often depicted as what?
emotional or overly aggressive
Who was the first female varsity coach at Notre Dame?
Kathy Cordes in 1976 was the first female varsity coach. She coached the women's tennis team.
Beginning with less than 1% of women participating in the 1900 Olympics, about what percent of women participated in the 2024 Paris Olympics?
About 50%
This MM woman was the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam singles title.
Naomi Osaka
What two sports have ND Women's team won NCAA championships where men have not.
basketball (two titles) and Soccer (three titles)
Ilia Malinin, performed a backflip and landed on one foot in the 2026 Winter Olympics. This move was previously achieved by who?
Surya Bonely was the first person to perform the illegal backflip at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
Which women’s beach handball team was fined for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms with policy later changed after public protest.
Norwegian
This athlete of Black and Puerto Rican heritage broke the ND program record for career steals and became the seventh player in program history to reach 2,000 career points in Notre Dame’s 74-66 win over Miami.
Hannah Hidalgo
After the 2026 Winter Olympics, she became the first person to in US Olympic history to score 33 points.
Hilary Knight
What year did nude colored ballet shoes exist for black ballet dancers?
2018
Lee Kiefer class of 2017 led the US to a gold medal in what event in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics
Women's Individual Foil
What year did women make up more than half of Team USA for the first time ever. (Hint it is one of the summer Olympic Games)
2012
Who broke Pete Maravich's 54-year-old record of 3,667 points as the NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer?
Caitlin Clark
Name one of two sports that were the first to obtain varsity status.
Tennis or Fencing