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A banner featuring a color portrait of Fern Gardner in a blazer with a bow at the collar in the foreground. Behind her are sepia-toned photographs of women’s sports teams and athletes. Text across the bottom reads “Fern Gardner & USU Women’s Athletics Collection.”

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Fern Gardner was a pioneer of women’s sports in Utah and at Utah State University (USU). In the 1970s she helped establish and build women’s programs in basketball, volleyball, and softball, among others at USU. She led her teams to multiple appearances in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) national championships in basketball and volleyball. This collection highlights the archival material provided by Fern Gardner and women athletes, displaying their achievements in sports at USU, regionally, and at a national level.

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