
Was the 2012 Conference USA Pitcher of the Year.Was a third-team all-Central Region selection in 1996.Holds the school record for most goals (19) and most hat tricks (3) in a single season.Still ranks as the school leader for career goals with 47 and second for points with 106.Still has three of the top-5 seasons for assists in school history.Named the C-USA Setter of the Year in both the 20 seasons.Was a three-time Conference USA performer, earning first team honors twice and second team once.
Was the Conference USA Freshman of the Year in 2011 and Player of the Year in 2013.Helped lead Tulsa to four straight NCAA Tournament appearances.Earned all-conference honors for the outdoor pole vault and shot put in 2008.
A two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America selection (2009, 2010). Was a two-time first-team all-WAC selectionĬAITLIN CLANCY - Cross Country & Track - 2006-10. Named to the Soccer Buzz Freshman All-America team in 1998. Was the WAC Freshman of the Year in 1998. It was also Tulsa’s second NCAA Tournament appearance with its first NCAA win 3-0 over LSU. In the 35 th season of women’s volleyball, 2010, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane put together its best season with an overall 31-3 record, while posting an undefeated 20-0 Conference USA season. A six-time all-conference selection – twice each for cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. Was a two-time USTFCCAA all-Midwest Region selection for cross country. Selected as the American Athletic Conference Female Scholar Athlete of the Year for all women’s sports in 2019-20. Won the 2001 Women’s Central Regin ChampionshipĬAITLIN KLOPFER - Cross Country & Track - 2016-20. Was a three-time first-team all-Western Athletic Conference performer. Tied for the most singles wins in school history with 115 victories. The 1980 women’s golf team won five of nine tournaments, including the school’s first national title by capturing the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Championship as Sharon Barrett and Kathy Baker paced the team with sixth-place performances. Became an Olympic athlete, placing 5 th in the lightweight double sculls for the USA at the 2020 Tokyo Olympicsīy 1982 all divisions of the NCAA offered national championships in women’s sports and the Tulsa women’s golf team ushered in the NCAA by winning the first golf title and said farewell to the AIAW that same season by winning the final AIAW national championship. Earned second-team CRCA all-region honors in 2007. Was a three-time CRCA National Scholar Athlete Award winner. Possesses the top two digs matches in school history with 805 in 2019 and 755 in 2017. Has five of the top 10 matches for digs in school history. Was twice named the American Athletic Conference Libero of the Year (2017, 2019), while earning all-conference honors for three seasons. Tulsa added a women’s rowing program in 1996 and raced in seven regattas that first season. Was a three-time American Athletic Conference all-academic selection. Completed her career with 1,149 kills to rank among the school’s top five. Named first-team all-AAC honors for two years (2017, 2018). Completed her career with 90 points and 31 goals scored to currently rank fifth and sixth, respectively, on the school’s career lists. Was The American’s 2014 Rookie of the Year and 2016 Midfielder of the Year. Was a four-time first-team American Athletic Conference all-league selection. RACHEL THUN-BLANKENSHIP - Soccer - 2014-17 Ranks fourth in school history for both singles wins (109) and doubles wins (91). Compiled 109 singles wins in her career and her 33 wins in 2007-08 is the second-most for a single season. Three-time first-team all-Conference USA selection. Earned the first national honor for the Tulsa volleyball program when earning CoSIDA Academic All-America second team accolades in 1989. Over the next few months, we will take a look at some of the key moments of women’s sports at The University of Tulsa as well as looking at 50 women who made an impact in their respective sports. The first women’s athletics event for Tulsa (known then as Henry Kendall College) came in December 1904 when the girl’s basketball team defeated Spaulding Institute 10-2 in the only game that year.Īfter many years of women’s sports as a club level activity, Tulsa’s first venture at the intercollegiate level came in 1974 with the sports of golf and tennis, and volleyball closely followed. Sports such as basketball, tennis, indoor baseball, track and field hockey were among the early women’s sports teams at The University of Tulsa. Although Title IX came years later, Tulsa fielded various women’s sports teams through the years, going back to as early as 1904.