D’Youville Athletics is proud to celebrate National Girls & Women in Sports Day. D'Youville is one of 10 universities and colleges across the nation to receive the Women's Sports Foundation VanDerveer Fund grant, which is designated for aspiring women coaches. There is a critical importance of closing the gender gap in the coaching ranks and seeing more women in these influential roles helps inspire our student- athletes. Our WSF VanDerveer Fellow, Ellen Newton, is a pivotal member of our athletic department and this grant will allow her to continue to grow both as a coach and as a professional. WSF began awarding grants from the VanDerveer Fund in 2019 to address the lack of women in coaching positions at all levels of sport. In the 50 years since Title IX's passage, the percentage of women in collegiate coaching roles has declined. In the 1970-71 academic year, 90% of all head coaches for women's college teams were women. In 2021, women held only 41% of these positions in women...