As part of our celebration for 50 years in women's sports at Appalachian State, appstatesports.com will publish a monthly feature throughout 2018-19 on some of the top women's sports moments in school history.
August Feature: 1986-87 Women's Basketball
The birthplace of women's sports at Appalachian State University began on an old grass field in Durham Park.
In 1968, field hockey became the first women's sport at Appalachian. Fifty years later, the university now supports 10 different women's varsity sports.
With Appalachian celebrating 50 years of women's sports in 2018-19, Mountaineers of past and present can thank Jan Watson for getting it all started.