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Home > The Billies Top 10 Memorable Moments in Women's Sports in 2007

The Billies Top 10 Memorable Moments in Women's Sports in 2007




1. Wimbledon announces equal prize money for men and women

2. Rutgers Women's Basketball Team stands up against racist statements by Don Imus

3. Title IX turns 35 years old

4. Jessica Long becomes the first Paralympic athlete to win the AAU James E. Sullivan Award, given annually by the Amateur Athletic Union since 1930

5. Pat Summit, Head basketball coach at the University of Tennessee, wins 7th national championship

6. Fresno State University is court ordered to pay multi-million dollar settlements in Title IX lawsuits.

7. Serena Williams, then ranked 81st in the world, defeats top-ranked Maria Sharapova to win Australian Open

8. Sweden's Anja Paerson becomes first skier to win five gold medals in a single world championship

9. Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy become the first all-woman class to be elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame

10. Lorena Ochoa wins the Women's British Open, hosted at St. Andrews – the first time in 500 years that the tournament hosted a major event for women