 Saturday kicked off a year-long celebration of the 50th year of women's athletics at BSU, honoring the group of pioneering women who began things way back when. A social was held and a program in the BSU American Indian Resource Center. Four of the founding women's coaches were honored at the event, and thanks for leading the way and guiding their respective programs. It was a day to catch up with old friends and make new ones as generations of female athletes got together under one roof. It's really neat to honor the women who got the ball rolling, honor the athletes who came before the current athletes, and just make that a BSU women's athletic family. Women have come so far. You know that old theory of it's a long story, but you can't believe how well they've done. That's true. I watched the sports how competitive it was then, and the skill level that has just grown and grown and grown. It's fantastic. And that celebration is going to go on all year long, culminating in a golf tournament in August. Wow, look at that great kickoff event there. Yeah, definitely. Full house. Great to see all the founding members getting all that support, catching up with their old athletes. It's always fun. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.