Colorado State University Pueblo

Ruth Shelton attended the University of Northern Colorado before returning to SCSC, where the school started a women's physical education program … She played both basketball and volleyball for SCSC … She was the leading scorer (15.0 points per game) on the 1968 women's basketball team that posted a 19-6 record and advanced to the title game of the AAU Regional Playoffs … A Greater Pueblo Sports Hall of Fame inductee, Shelton taught and coached in Pueblo School District 60 … She worked in the South Central League (SCL) as a secretary from 1984-86 and was a member of the Athletic Equity Committee Title IX for the Colorado Department of Education in 1988 … Was inducted into the Pueblo Softball Hall of Fame in 2009 and was named in 2011 by the Pueblo Chieftain as one of Pueblo County's Top 10 Female Athletes of all time.