DENVER – MSU Denver has for decades been a leader in providing equal opportunities for women in intercollegiate athletics.
 
Today is the 18th installment of a 52-part tribute by Roadrunners Athletics to pioneers and leaders in intercollegiate athletics at MSU Denver.

Each Thursday, a key female figure in Roadrunners athletics history will be recognized.
 
Today, volleyball star Sue Gillette is featured.
 
A transfer from the University of Colorado, Gillette played only the 1989 season at MSU Denver but left a lasting impact. She set the still-standing school record of 1,850 assists while earning All-America first team honors as well as being named the most valuable player of the Continental Divide Conference. She was MSU Denver's first-ever first-team All-American.
 
Gillette helped the team to a 39-12 overall record, an 11-1 mark and CDC championship, and to the program's first-ever trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament.
 
The 1989 team was inducted into the MSU Denver Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.
 
Title IX, the groundbreaking law prohibiting sex-based discrimination at schools that receive funding from the federal government, went into effect just over 50 years ago – on June 23, 1972.