UO Athletics: Women’s Basketball
We will be cheering on the UO women’s basketball team as they compete in this weekend’s NCAA Division I Championship. Led by record-setting junior Sabrina Ionescu, the team reached the Final Four for the first time in the program’s history. Read more about this historic accomplishment in a recent article on Around the O.
[Paul Harvey IV, UO Athletics Photographs, UP_WBB_20190106_28]
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The formation of the Women’s Athletic Association in 1913 provided organized opportunities for students to engage in athletic competitions at the interclass, intersorority, intramural and varsity levels. For example, in 1920, there was an interclass basketball game to fundraise for Gerlinger Hall, a building to be dedicated space for women’s physical education. The 1922 Oregana recounts when the varsity team met the team from OAC (Oregon State University), and won with a score of 27-19. Charlotte Howells, a junior, played forward in the game. Her yearbook profile states that “when it comes to running up basketball scores — she is the despair of opposing teams” (p. 106). In the interclass championship of the same year, the seniors beat the juniors in overtime and earned their name engraved on the Hayward Cup. Despite the loss, junior Helen McCormick’s skill did not go unnoticed. The yearbook staff said McCormick “flings a wicked shoulder when it comes to basketball” (p. 115).
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[Brent Wohjahn, UO Athletics Photographs, A_ATHBBW_1980s_1990s_0020jc]
- Becky Sisley faculty papers
- University of Oregon yearbooks
- University Archives alphabetical subject files
- University Archives alphabetical subject single files
- University Archives photographs
- University Archives sports information and media guides
Audiovisual materials:
If you are interested in doing research, contact Lauren Goss at lgoss5@uoregon.edu