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September 14, 2022
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Best of the Best: 12 of the Greatest Athletes in Rainbow Wahine History

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On June 23, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed into law the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act (commonly known as Title IX), which prohibits gender-based discrimination in any school or education program that receives federal funds. A year later, Dr. Donnis Thompson, who helped Congresswoman Mink write the Title IX legislation, was named the University of Hawai’i’s first women’s athletics director.
 
Her annual budget? $5,000.
 
Since those humble beginnings, Rainbow Wahine teams and individual student-athletes have garnered league championships, national rankings, All-America honors and, yes, even national titles. Along the way, thousands of young women at UH-Manoa have had the opportunity to further their education, compete in the sports they love and create memories to last a lifetime.
 
Here is a (very) subjective list of 12 of the greatest student-athletes to ever wear a Rainbow Wahine uniform:

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