Hall of Fame
Becky Sisley
- Induction:
- 1998
Her spirit: indomitable. Without it, women’s athletics at Oregon would not have achieved so much so quickly. She coached basketball in 1966, with practices once weekly. She coached softball from 1965-79, the first few years shagging flies in Pioneer Cemetery. Becky added field hockey to her list of coaching duties from ’67- ’75. When she became UO’s first women’s athletic director in 1973, the total budget was miniscule. By her last year as A.D. in 1979, the women’s budget had grown 11-fold. She hired the first full-time women’s coaches.
Becky begged, pleaded, cajoled and demanded in those early Title IX days. What she did best, though, was coach, inspire and lead. A true icon of women’s sports, she earned a doctorate in physical education and was the envy of peers worldwide as an athlete, coach and administrator. Dr. Sisley set, and holds, numerous age-group world and U.S. records in track and field. She was a great softball and field hockey performer for decades. But best, the UO physical education professor led women’s sports into modern times.
Becky begged, pleaded, cajoled and demanded in those early Title IX days. What she did best, though, was coach, inspire and lead. A true icon of women’s sports, she earned a doctorate in physical education and was the envy of peers worldwide as an athlete, coach and administrator. Dr. Sisley set, and holds, numerous age-group world and U.S. records in track and field. She was a great softball and field hockey performer for decades. But best, the UO physical education professor led women’s sports into modern times.
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