The San Diego Union-Tribune and the Women's Museum of California are celebrating a century of female achievement to mark the 100th year of women's suffrage in America. Last Sunday's installment honored Women in Sports, and Laurel Brassey made the cut. Laurel made history a year after graduating from Crawford High by becoming the first woman to play on an NCAA men’s varsity team -- joining the 1973 San Diego State men’s volleyball team as a setter. An eligibility rule change enabled her to join the SDSU women’s team seven years later, just in time for the inaugural NCAA women’s volleyball championship (where the Aztecs finished third). A U.S. boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics cost her an opportunity to play with the U.S. women’s team in Moscow, although she was a member of the U.S. women’s team that competed in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. As a coach, she guided New Mexico to six NCAA Tournament appearances over 17 years. She was elected to the Aztec Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2017.
On August 4, 2020 Bill Grigg and his wife, Jeannie came to our house for lunch and a visit. Bill and Jeannie live in Surprise, Arizona and Gary and I live in Prescott, AZ which is 99 miles north of Surprise. We had a wonderful Class of '70 micro-mini reunion -- Kris Pruski Wood
