IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT WOMEN AND SPORTS Facts about Girls, Women and Sports * Before Title IX was passed in 1972, only 1 out of 27 high school girls participated in sports. Today, 1 out of 2.5 high school girls plays organized athletics. * Female student athletes graduate at significantly higher rates (68%) than female student nonathletes (59%). * In 2000, American Sports Data, Inc. estimated that 3.8 million girls (age 6-17) play basketball. Out of the 9.59 youth, boys and girls playing soccer, approximately 43% of U.S. are …showed first 75 words of 403 total…

…showed last 75 words of 403 total…Women comprise 69% of the professional staff for the WNBA. * In the five year period between 1992 and 1997, corporate sponsorship of women’s sports doubled to $600 million from $285 million. * Although 20% of golfers are women, they purchase 50% of the golf product. * Sports Illustrated's 1999 "Sportsman of the Year" was awarded to the Women's World Cup Soccer Team (12/20/99). In addition, the 1999 Women’s World Cup final match became the most watched soccer game in US television history with 40 million viewers.