NOTABLE U.S. FEMALE ATHLETES

(e.g., She starred on the U.S. national team that won the 1991 and 1999 World Cup championships and Olympic gold medals in 1996 and 2004. Answer: Mia Hamm.)

Freshman level

1. She won 23 Grand Slam women’s singles titles.

2. She was the 1968 Olympic ladies’ singles figure skating champion.

3. Known as “BJK,” she won 39 Grand Slam titles.

Graduate level

4. She won 48 LPGA Tour events, including three major championships.

5. No. 1 tennis player who won 18 major singles titles, including seven French Open titles.

6. This American sprinter became a sports icon following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.

Ph.D. level

7. She excelled in golf, basketball, baseball, and track and field (1911-1956).

8. She was the first American to win the all-around gold medal in gymnastics at the Olympic Games.

Answers: 1. Serena Williams. 2. Peggy Fleming. 3. Billie Jean King. 4. Nancy Lopez. 5. Chris Evert. 6. Wilma Rudolph. 7. Babe Didrikson Zaharias. 8. Mary Lou Retton.

— North America Syndicate