DENVER – MSU Denver has for decades been a leader in providing equal opportunities for women in intercollegiate athletics.
 
Today is the ninth 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 Rosie Durbin is featured.

Durbin was the sparkplug on offense for the MSU Denver women's soccer team in the early 1990s, dominating the field during all four years as a Roadrunner. For her career, she had 40 goals and 94 points, finishing second in program history in both categories in 1994 – and she still ranks tied for sixth and eighth, respectively.

Durbin reached the pinnacle of a great career as a senior, scoring 17 goals and dishing out six assists to lead the team for the second year in a row. Once again, she was named to the first team All-West Region and was named Colorado Athletic Conference Player of the Year. On the national level, Durbin was selected NSCAA first team All-America and was also named to the NSCAA Scholar-Athlete All-America team.

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.