# @wcu_catamounts on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C4yAozRguGN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19334939-wcu-catamounts-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/b3eb95804e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-03-21T15:31:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Western Carolina Athletics (@wcu_catamounts) — https://gondola.cc/wcu_catamounts

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Today, let's take a look at a legendary Catamount in Karen Sanders Peterson!

Peterson is the only female to compete on a men’s varsity team and earn a varsity letter in the history of the NAIA. 

Playing for the men’s tennis team from 1962-64 mostly as the No. 2 singles player and No. 1 doubles team, the Native American finished second in the North Carolina intercollegiate championship tournament.

 She was inducted into the Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001. 

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