Kit Saunders-Nordeen (1998) | UW Athletic Hall of Fame

UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Provided the leadership for a UW women's athletic program through the Women's Recreation Association beginning in 1967
Appointed the first Director of Women's Athletics at Wisconsin in 1974, and served in that role until 1983
Named Associate Athletic Director for men's and women's sports at UW-Madison in 1983-1991
Chairperson of the Wisconsin Division of Girls and Women in Sports from 1974-76
Commissioner of the six-state Midwest Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (MAIAW) from 1974-77
Coached the Wisconsin women's tennis club team from 1966-74
Helped found the Wisconsin Women Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1971, she served as its president from 1978-79
Served as first vice-president of the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) from 1979-82
Received the Distinguished Service Award from the Wisconsin Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1982
First inductee into the UW Women's Athletic Hall of Fame (1984)
Named National W Club Woman of the Year in 1991
Inducted into the Madison Sports Hall of Fame in 1992 and given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women's Sports Advocates of Wisconsin in 1997
Earned an M.A. (physical education) and a PhD (educational administration) from the UW in 1966 and 1977, respectively