212 "Highly successful - the highlight of the year for the girls," were the comments Barbara Barnes, director of women's intramural sports activities for 12 years, had for the first Women's Intramural Sports banquet held Apri I 23, 1977, at Bill's Restaurant. Invited to the banquet were those people who had been on championship teams, AIIStar teams, individual champions and intramural assistants. Speaker was Kay Smith Gowen, former Student Association vice president and intramural assistant, who is Director of Public Relations for Crowley's Ridge College. I nterest and participation in women's intramural athletics maintained the same high level in 1977-78 that prevailed the previous year when an extensive increase was made in the budget to implement a stronger program for the women. The regular intramural program was enhanced by interclub competition which involved more students than the regular program . Team sports for 1977-78 were softball , speedball, volleyball, swimming, and track and field. Individual skill sports included racquetball, tennis, badminton, and ping pong. In club competition, team tennis for th~ first time was scheduled for the late spring. To stimulate participation in the program in both team and individual sports, a point system was kept and jackets were awarded to the 10 women who achieved the highest number of points throughout the school year. Jacket winners for 1976-77 were Sandy Kinder, Vicki Emery, Jill Osborne, Jeanne Tanner , Suzanne Wilborn, Brenda Garner, Paula Warnack, Shelby Kritz, Pam Housley, and Tammi Isaacs . Receiving the trophy for the highest number of points was Sandy Kinder. Debbie Brown received the individual sportsmanship award and Omega Phi received the club sportsmanship award. As a furthur stimulus to increase participation by as many women as possible, clubs were able to field A, B, C, and D teams in basketball and volleyball. To equalize as much as possible competitive ability, clubs were separated into II large" and "small " team categories, based upon the athletic potential of the clubs. In the fall of 1977, winner of club speedball was Tri Sigma. Winners in club softball were Kappa Phi and Tri Kappa, and winners in club volleyball were Kappa Phi and Beta Tau Gamma. In the spring of 1977, Kappa Phi and Tofebt were winners in club basketball, Omega Phi in swimming and Kappa Phi in track and field. Mrs. Barnes depended upon capable student assistants to help her in directing the program. Assistants for the fall semester were Sandy Kinder and Kim Gibson. Assistants for the spring semester were Paula Warnack, Brenda Garner, and Beverly Jo Pryor.
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