Double Truck Editor Madi Montoya
Information taken from www.womensportsfoundation.org and dianataurasi.org
Our Ladies in Cleats VOL. IX ISSUE I
Feminism: Evening the playing field.
Madi Montoya, Double Truck Editor
Coach shows inner strength helps conquer gender prejudice
For the past 34 years Boone has worked with 20 thousand different athletes at all different levels in high school and college. When she started at Perry as a weight coach four years ago, her first impression was, “[the] football guys see me …and they’re probably thinking ‘what’s this?’…But after a day I don’t think anybody thinks about it anymore.” She adds, “If you’re the right...
Inspiration from past helps trainer move up on athletic ladder
Facing the adversity of societal standards and stereotypes, head athletic trainer Rebecca Goetz has risen above judgement and passed on her knowledge to her students and trainees. Her career was launched by her experience as an athletic training student aide during her junior and senior year of high school. She was motivated to become a high school athletic trainer by her own trainer in high sc...
Cardinals changing the game with new linebacker intern
From team ownerships to sports commentators and now coaching, women have made their debut in the world of sports. The face of professional sports will change dramatically as Jen Welter becomes the first female coach in NFL history. Welter will be joining the Arizona Cardinals as an intern starting this preseason. “I could not have dreamed big enough to imagine that this day would ever come,�...
Women should be embraced more in sports, not alienated
A female coach in a male sport is a rare phenomenon, but not as obscure in Arizona. With the new female coach for the Arizona Cardinals, Jen Welter, and the female coaches here, we may be ahead of the so-called gender game. It seems that women in positions of athletic authority face prejudice every day, but this is not true for our school. When Perry’s female strength coach Joelyn Boone was growing...
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