Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1994, Page 210

Description:	*f,Loss for girls athleticsA history of the dramatic development of womens athletics inBloomington and Monroe Countyreads like the career of GeorgiaTidd, BHSS Womens Athletic Director. She retired at the end of thisyear after 32 and one-half years ofteaching and coaching.We started with volleyballwhich was the first womens sportto be sanctioned by the IndianaHigh School Athletic Association(ISHAA). said Tidd. Her Southvolleyball team played in the firststate tourney, in 1972, making it tothe final four. As a coach she hasbeen to state a total of four timesin volleyball, won the conferencechampionship in track, and numerous sectional and regionalchampionships in basketball.Georgia has had a tremendous impact on the lives of girls who haveparticipated in athletic programs atSouth, observed Joann Ryser,teacher and former assistant volleyball coach for Tidd.She helped develop the physicaleducation facilities at South, saidRuth Lewis, physical educationteacher and one of Tidds formerstudents. My success as a teacherand the fact that I am in educationis a direct result of having hadGeorgia Tidd as a teacher. She isa wonderful role model for girls,Lewis said.Title IX became law in 1976 andmandated equity in programs formen and women. As a result of thislaw, the School Board created theposition of Girls Athletic Director.Tidd is the only person to fill thatposition.During Tidds tenure, girls programs have grown to ten, the latestaddition, soccer which becomes avarsity sport in the fall of 1994. Iam very proud our programs canoffer so much to boys and girls ...we have total gender equality andwe have worked a long time tobuild the same number of boys andgirls teams, she said.Ruth GtanichKevin GrossJill HallMary Beth HannahCarol HardinJames HarveyAmanda HirkoConstance HollandJ.R. HolmesDebbie HorningKaren HunsickerMarilyn KelseyPaula KleinowAnn KoshyCindy KvalemH&210/ALBUM
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