Billie Jean King, Julie Foudy, Donna de Varona Among Champion Athletes Honoring D.C. High School Athletes

Title IX Rally and Panel Will Kick-Off the Event in Trinity College’s New Athletic Center on Tuesday, February 4

WASHINGTON, D.C... As the landmark legislation Title IX faces potential erosion, Trinity College will host a celebration of female athletes in its new athletic facility, the Trinity Center for Women and Girls in Sports, on Tuesday, February 4. Women’s Sports Foundation founder and tennis champion Billie Jean King, Olympic swimming champion and a member of the Administration’s Title IX Panel Donna de Varona, and more than a dozen women champion and Olympic athletes will celebrate the academic and athletic achievements of D.C. high school girls.

The awards program, on the eve of the 17th Annual National Women and Girls in Sports Day, will honor the top scholar sportswomen in D.C. public and private high schools. Coaches and teams will also be honored.

The celebration of women and girls in sports will kick-off at 4:00 p.m. with a "Rally for Title IX," featuring Trinity students reflecting on the importance of athletics, fitness and team sports. A panel discussion on "The Future of Title IX" at 5:00 p.m. will feature USA Today columnist Christine Brennan, Title IX plaintiff Megan Hull, and Title IX attorney Kristen Galles.

Billie Jean King, Olympic soccer champion and WUSA player Julie Foudy, auto racer Lyn St. James, Olympic champion swimmer Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Olympic gymnastics champion Dominique Dawes, and WNBA player Nikki McCray, will be among the champion athletes congratulating the D.C. Scholar Sportswomen. This year’s honors include: Scholar Sportswoman of the Year, Public School: Chanel JoAnn Barnes, Eastern High School; Scholar Sportswoman of the Year, Private School: Mary-Pat Kadzik, Georgetown Day High School; Washington Community Action Program Sportswoman of the Year, Physically Challenged Athlete: Esmerelda Lovos, Sharp Health School.

More than 25 D.C. athletes, coaches and teams will be honored; for a complete list, contact Ann Pauley at 202/884-9725. The program will be held in the new Trinity Center for Women and Girls in Sports, a $20 million, state-of-the-art complex recently opened on the Trinity College campus. The Trinity Center, the largest facility dedicated to women and girls in sports in the nation, includes a basketball arena, six-lane swimming pool and spa, walking track, fitness center, athletic field, and six tennis courts. Tickets to the Title IX panel, awards program and reception are $10; for more information, call 202/884-9725.

The following athletes, coaches and teams from D.C. public and private high schools will be honored at a ceremony in the Trinity Center for Women and Girls in Sports at Trinity College on Tuesday, February 4. For more information contact Ann Pauley at 202/884-9725.

Scholar Sportswoman of the Year, Public School:
Chanel JoAnn Barnes, Eastern High School.

Scholar Sportswoman of the Year, Private School:
Mary-Pat Kadzik, Georgetown Day High School.

Washington Community Action Program Sportswoman of the Year,
Physically Challenged Athlete:
Esmerelda Lovos, Sharp Health School.

Washington Community Action Program Coach of the Year, Public School:
Perette Arrington, Woodrow Wilson High School.

Washington Community Action Program Coach of the Year, Private School:
Liz Hall, Maret School.

Washington Community Action Program Team of the Year, Public School:
Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, Girls’ Varsity Volleyball Team.

Washington Community Action Program Team of the Year, Private School:
National Cathedral School, Girls’ Varsity Soccer Team.

Scholar Sportswoman Award Winners, Public School:

Asia Alston, Howard D. Woodson High School
Eleanor Arlook, The School Without Walls Senior High School
Chanel JoAnn Barnes, Eastern High School
Ashanti Brooks, Frank W. Ballou Senior High School
Shaina Carter, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School
Jamie Flowers, Francis L. Cordozo High School
Kendra Glass, Anacostia Senior High School
Sandra Gustitus, Woodrow Wilson High School
Shanata Harvey, Springarn Senior High School
Akilah Miles, Paul Lawrence Dunbar Senior High School
Ashley Robbins, Coolidge Senior High School
Ryann Williams, Benjamin Banneker Academic High School

Scholar Sportswoman Award Winners, Private School:

Chloe Beizer, Maret School
Kristina Burke, Model Secondary School for the Deaf
Mary-Pat Kadzik, Georgetown Day High School
Kerrie McCarthy, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School
Nana Meriwether, Sidwell Friends School
LaDonna Russell, Archbishop Carroll High School
Olivia Saeger, Edmund Burke School
Ellen Cole Werble, National Cathedral School

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