Colorado State University Pueblo

Before the advent of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) in 1971, female student-athletes at Pueblo College and Southern Colorado State College were members of the Women's Recreation Association.  Athletic letters were awarded in WRA sports of archery, badminton, basketball, bowling, field hockey, softball, swimming, tennis and volleyball.  PC staff member Jenny Turnbull organized the WRA in the 1950's and the WRA continued under the direction of Turnbull, and CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Famers Kay Aguilar and Jessie Banks in the 1960's.  The first recognized women's basketball team posted a 19-6 record and advanced to the AAU Regional Finals in 1968.  Here is a list of women student-athletes from the WRA in the late 1960's.