MIT Field Hockey Team, 1977

MIT Field Hockey Team, 1977
Courtesy MIT Athletics

Debra Lynn Thompson '78 (Course 10, Chemical Engineering), shown with the inaugural MIT Field Hockey Team, 1977.
Pictured front row, left to right: Y-L Cheng, C. Julin, N. Fong, D. Ozelius (Co-Capt.), C. West (Co-Capt.), M. Lucier. Pictured back row, left to right: Asst. Coach Jean Heiney, L. Christopher, D. Palmer, J. Neuringer, L. Dornbrook, J. Smith, D. Thompson, S. Sullivan, Head Coach Debbie Clum

Women’s intercollegiate athletics began at MIT in 1973 with basketball, crew, and sailing teams. [The inaugural MIT field hockey team began in 1977.] Today, female student-athletes can participate in more than a dozen varsity sports and more than two dozen club teams, some of which are co-ed.

MIT Daily, 10 March 2023

Timeline: 1970s
School: School of Engineering
Department: Chemical Engineering
Career: Community
Object: Image
Collection: Athletics, Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994, Students, Women
External Link: https://mitathletics.com/sports/fhockey