FREDONIA, N.Y. -- Fredonia State's Department of Athletics will celebrate the 25th annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day on Saturday, Feb. 5, starting at 2 p.m. when the women's basketball team takes on SUNY Oneonta in Steele Hall.
The event, which honors the achievements and encourages participation of females in sports, began in 1987 as a day to remember Olympic volleyball player Florence Hyman, who died of Marfan's Syndrome in 1986 while competing in a tournament.
The event is free to all SUNY Fredonia students as well as any members of the general public who are 16 and under. Tickets for those 17 and over are just $3. The first 125 guests 16 years and younger will be provided with a free 2011 National Girls and Women in Sports Day T-Shirt.
To help highlight the day, raffles will be held with numerous prizes to be given away. Raffle tickets can be purchased for $1 at the door and prizes include autographed items and game tickets from the Buffalo Bills, Sabres, Bandits, Bisons, and New York Jets. In addition, halftime entertainment is planned, including a halftime scrimmage featuring the Northern Chautauqua Catholic School Girls Junior Varsity basketball team and a performance by the Fredonia State Dance Team.
Prizes and other contributions have been made by the Blue Devils Booster Club, the Department of Residence Life, the Department of Campus Life, the Center for Multicultural Affairs, the Greater Woodlawn Federal Credit Union, Steamroller Press, Buster Brown Bean Company, SUNY Fredonia Federal Credit Union, the Division of Student Affairs, and Lake Shore Savings.
An alumni basketball game will also be held prior to the event. The women's alumnae game is scheduled to begin at 11:45 a.m. with the men's alumni game following at 1 p.m. Both games will take place in Dods Hall Gymnasium.
In addition to the women's basketball game, the Blue Devil men will meet Oneonta at 4 p.m.
To learn how to register for the game or for more information on the National Girls & Women in Sports Day event, contact Assistant Director of Athletics
Megan Valentine at megan.valentine@fredonia.edu or (716) 673-3542.
