Bucknell Athletics Title IX Celebration Headliner Set for Friday Evening
3/23/2023 5:02:00 PM | Field Hockey, General, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf, Women's Lacrosse, Women's Rowing, Women's Soccer, Women's Swimming and Diving, Women's Tennis, Women's Track and Field, Women's Water Polo, Volleyball
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell Athletics has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX throughout the 2022-23 academic year, and on Friday evening an alumnae networking event followed by a panel discussion on the history of women's athletics will headline the yearlong festivities.
Lewisburg mayor and 2006 Bucknell graduate Kendy Alvarez will moderate the panel discussion, which is open to the public beginning at 7 p.m. in Trout Auditorium on campus. The forum features Bucknell Hall-of-Fame coach and administrator Terrie Grieb, Hall-of-Fame athletes Jennifer Yuengling '93 and Christa Matlack '11, and three-time track and field All-American Maura Fiamoncini '21.
Prior to the panel discussion, Bucknell's five Patriot League "Trailblazers of Distinction" will be recognized. Last fall, the Patriot League honored 50 Trailblazers – five from each member institution -- as part of the 50th anniversary of Title IX. All five of Bucknell's honorees are enshrined in the Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame: the late Margaret "Peg" Bryan, Bobbi Castens Seidell '79, Karin Wegener Knisely '79, Dawn Becker '85, and Molly Creamer '03.
Bucknell Athletics also identified 50 prominent alumnae to be celebrated for their impact on women's sports, some of whom will be returning to campus for a professional networking session with current student-athletes.
The 50 honorees include:
Lewisburg mayor and 2006 Bucknell graduate Kendy Alvarez will moderate the panel discussion, which is open to the public beginning at 7 p.m. in Trout Auditorium on campus. The forum features Bucknell Hall-of-Fame coach and administrator Terrie Grieb, Hall-of-Fame athletes Jennifer Yuengling '93 and Christa Matlack '11, and three-time track and field All-American Maura Fiamoncini '21.
Prior to the panel discussion, Bucknell's five Patriot League "Trailblazers of Distinction" will be recognized. Last fall, the Patriot League honored 50 Trailblazers – five from each member institution -- as part of the 50th anniversary of Title IX. All five of Bucknell's honorees are enshrined in the Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame: the late Margaret "Peg" Bryan, Bobbi Castens Seidell '79, Karin Wegener Knisely '79, Dawn Becker '85, and Molly Creamer '03.
Bucknell Athletics also identified 50 prominent alumnae to be celebrated for their impact on women's sports, some of whom will be returning to campus for a professional networking session with current student-athletes.
The 50 honorees include:
- Cindy Barbosa Zanelli '87, field hockey, lacrosse
- Dawn Becker '85, softball*
- Bobbi Castens Seidell '79, field hockey, basketball, lacrosse*
- Maria Cioffi '06, tennis
- Molly Creamer '03, basketball*
- Dianne Czarnecki '87, field hockey, softball*
- Yetunde Daniels Rubenstein '00, track & field*
- Marjorie Deck '73, basketball, tennis, field hockey*
- Sara Den Besten Collins '96, rowing*
- Jennifer Dervarics '09, soccer*
- Julia Diaz '95, tennis*
- Lonnie Fertik Williard '83, track & field*
- Maura Fiamoncini '21, track & field
- Lisa Fink Povsik '93, softball, basketball*
- Hope Foster '08, basketball*
- Kathy Frazier '82, swimming*
- Maria Garcia Harkley '04, track & field*
- Lisa Gibbons '95, soccer*
- Sue Gray Behringer '84, field hockey, lacrosse*
- Carly Graytock Shea '00, cross country, track & field*
- Margaret Grunow Conze '93, swimming*
- Kendall Ham '18, soccer
- Jill Henry-Feeney '81, basketball, field hockey, softball*
- Jess Hetrich Shure '03, golf
- Tameka Hinton '95, track & field*
- Lori Houck Steigerwald '00, basketball*
- Cathy Karpuk Seward '77, diving*
- Ann Kirwin Anderson '87, basketball*
- Kathy Kline Grove '80, field hockey, lacrosse*
- Emma Levendoski '16, swimming
- Kathy Lynch '87, swimming*
- Becki Marshall '02, cross country, track & field*
- Christa Matlack '11, soccer*
- Sue Mestier Brauner '74, swimming*
- Sharon Nichols '91, softball*
- Judy Perry West '90, cross country, track & field*
- Chris Peterjohn Richards '76, swimming
- Margaret Philleo Ricci '79, field hockey, basketball, lacrosse*
- Suzanne Raffaele '03, lacrosse*
- Valentina Rozas '10, water polo
- Kristen Sandel '98, softball
- Carol Schoenecker '11, rowing
- Stacey Spitko Reeder '88, basketball, softball*
- Katie Steele Peters '96, volleyball*
- Lynne Walshaw '89, basketball, softball*
- Jennifer Walz Lapioli '89, basketball*
- Karin Wegener Knisely '79, field hockey, basketball, lacrosse*
- Melissa Wharton '98, volleyball*
- Jill Wise Smith '89, track & field*
- Jennifer Yuengling '93, softball*
Players Mentioned
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