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DECEMBER 2020 23 BY VINCE BRIEDIS • 1954 — Mary Slaughter became the first woman to letter in any sport at the Uni- versity of Virginia and the first to participate officially for a Virginia athletics team when she participated on the men's tennis team. • 1970 — The first undergraduate class of women were admitted to the University of Virginia. • 1973 — Women's tennis, field hockey and women's basketball become varsity sports. • 1973 — Lindsay Burn (women's ten- nis), Chesley Garrett (field hockey) and Barbara Kelly (women's basketball) were named the first head coaches for UVA's first women's varsity sports. • 1974 — Women's swimming and diving became a varsity sport. • 1976 — Women's la- crosse became a varsity sport. • 1976 — WENDY W E I N B E R G b e c o m e s UVA's first female Olym- pian. She won the bronze medal in the 800-meter freestyle at the Summer Olympics in Montreal. • 1977 — The Univer- sity of Virginia offers the first athletic scholarships to women. TIMELINE OF WOMEN'S SPORTS HISTORY AT UVA Barbara Kelly (center) was instrumental in bringing about UVA's first three women's varsity intercol- legiate teams in 1973-74 and served as the school's first women's basketball coach for two years. PHOTO COURTESY UVA Women's cross country became a varsity sport in 1978 and went on to be the first UVA women's team to win a national title just three years later. PHOTO COURTESY UVA YEARS OF WOMEN AT UVA

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