# @suuthunderbirds on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/ChIZZKrhTeL
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21151202-suuthunderbirds-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-08-11T19:37:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** SUU Thunderbirds ⚡️ (@SUUThunderbirds) — https://gondola.cc/SUUThunderbirds

## Caption

Our Title IX Banquet, to celebrate 50 years of Title IX, is almost here!

This week’s T-Bird feature is current women’s basketball assistant coach Hailey Mandelko.

Before coaching, Hailey dominated in the T-Bird uniform from 2011-2015. She led her 2013-14 team to a Big Sky Championship and set a top-five record in points per season (467). She was also the first Thunderbird to earn the Big Sky All-Conference First Team.

However, Hailey’s favorite moments have to do with the relationships she built as a player; “The bond we built, the fun times we shared, the tough moments we went through were all apart of the family we built and still have today and I am forever grateful for each and every one of them.

Hailey’s advice for female athletes: “Don’t ever let anyone tell you, you can’t. Find a way to prove them wrong. No girls team? Play with the boys. Not good enough? Show them how wrong they are. “Just a girl?” Show them why that makes you powerful beyond measure. We as women are incredible and the world of athletics is taking notice and we are here to show the world why.”

Join us in celebrating 50 years of Title IX and all of our past and current T-Bird female athletes on September 21!  REGISTER today >> Link in bio!

For more information or if you have any questions, email soniahahn@suu.edu

#HerStoryBelongs x #TBirdNation

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