DENVER – MSU Denver has for decades been a leader in providing equal opportunities for women in intercollegiate athletics.
 
Today is the 20th 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, soccer star Kylee Hanavan is featured.
 
Hanavan is perhaps the most decorated student-athlete in MSU Denver history. She was named Honda Division II Athlete of the Year in 2007 after earning national player of the year honors as a senior in 2006 when she led the Roadrunners to their second national championship in women's soccer.

In her three years with MSU Denver, Hanavan was named All-America each year and was a two-time Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Year. In 2010, she was selected as the best women's soccer player in RMAC history during its centennial celebration. She still holds every career scoring record at MSU Denver (totals and average) and every single season offensive record. Her career totals include 205 points, 80 goals, 25 game-winning goals, and 45 assists. The Roadrunners won two national championships during her three years, in 2004 and 2006.

Hanavan was inducted into the Roadrunners Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012.
 
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.