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Athletics recognizes 50 years of women’s spo...

With the addition of the field hockey team in 1968, 2018 marks the 50th year of women’s sports at App State.

Since then, nine other women’s sports have been added to the App State family, including volleyball, golf, soccer and basketball. Today, nearly 200 varsity female athletes represent the university. Women’s sports have excelled for the black and gold during this time, contributing 62 regular season conference championships and 13 conference tournament championships. Track and field has been particularly dominant, winning 35 regular season titles in indoor and outdoor since 1987, according to App State Athletics.

App State Athletics honored several former female athletes during a special weekend-long celebration between Sept.