UMass Dartmouth’s Mckenzie Ferrari Named 2023 ITA Sally Ride STEM Award Winner

From Intercollegiate Tennis Association, June 27, 2023 The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) is excited to announce that Mckenzie Ferrari from the University of Massachusetts  Dartmouth has been named the recipient of the 2023 ITA Sally Ride STEM Award as endowed by Tam O’Shaughnessy. “What an amazing confluence of great stories and astonishing people – Sally […]

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Four Finalists Announced for 2023 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Sally Ride STEM Award

From Intercollegiate Tennis Association May 25, 2023 TEMPE, AZ – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) is pleased to announce the four finalists of the 2023 ITA Sally Ride STEM Award as endowed by Tam O’Shaughnessy. This year’s finalists include Anjali Devireddy (Johns Hopkins), McKenzie Ferrari (UMass Dartmouth), Hannah Johnston (WashU), and Sarah Pertsemlidis (MIT). The […]

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Caltech’s Anna Tifrea Named Inaugural Winner of ITA Sally Ride STEM Award

News release from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, July 6, 2022 The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) is pleased to announce that Anna Tifrea from the California Institute of Technology is the inaugural winner of the 2022 ITA Sally Ride STEM Award Winner as endowed by Tam O’Shaughnessy. “College tennis continues to develop championship human beings on […]

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Intercollegiate Tennis Association announces Sally Ride STEM Award to help scholar-athletes reach for the stars

March 29, 2022 Before Sally Ride blasted off to become America’s first woman in space, she was an accomplished tennis player who considered turning pro in the sport. To honor Ride’s legacy as an athlete and a scientist, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) has announced it will present the Sally Ride STEM Award to a […]

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Pluto Landmarks Named for Aviation Pioneers Sally Ride and Bessie Coleman

NASA News Release, Oct. 25, 2021 More than 60 years after Bessie Coleman broke the bonds of terra firma to become the first African American woman and Native American to earn a pilot’s license, Sally Ride blasted off aboard shuttle Challenger to become the first American woman in space. The lives and accomplishments of both women […]

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U.S. Mint Announces Designs for 2022 American Women Quarters Program Coins

The United States Mint issued this news release to announce the official designs for five quarters honoring trailblazing American women, including Sally Ride, America’s first woman in space.   WASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) is pleased to announce the official designs for the first five coins in the American Women Quarters Program. Authorized […]

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Segment of Highway 101 to be named in honor of trailblazing astronaut Sally Ride

The California Legislature has voted to rename a section of State Highway 101 in the West San Fernando Valley as the Dr. Sally Ride Memorial Highway. Assembly member Jesse Gabriel (D-Woodland Hills) introduced the resolution to honor the pioneering astronaut, who grew up in Encino. ⁠ “As the first American woman in space, Dr. Sally […]

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College-student volunteer helps inspire kids in STEM during summer Junior Academy

By Margaret King College engineering student Marco Pardo Rojas spent a big chunk of his summer volunteering to help younger students explore STEM subjects during Sally Ride Science Junior Academy. The experience left him eager for more. “I would love to do something in the future to help kids see what kind of path they […]

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U.S. Mint Announces Quarters Honoring Sally Ride, Maya Angelou

America’s first woman in space and former UC San Diego professor achieves another first as Sally Ride Science, her youth education program celebrates its 20th anniversary (San Diego, CA, April 13, 2021) The United States Mint announced the names of the first two women to be honored on coins issued under the American Women Quarters […]

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