/ Marya Welch Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /news/marya-welch-plus-volleyball-equals-women-sports-day <p>ºÙºÙÊÓƵ will celebrate Women in Sports Day next week with Marya Welch’s name — and our volleyball team — front and center.</p> <p>Welch founded women’s sports at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ 25 years before the federal government’s Title IX mandated equal opportunity for women, and the university recently honored her legacy by establishing the <a href="https://give.ucdavis.edu/ATHG/324041">Marya Welch Initiative for Women’s Athletics</a>.</p> October 10, 2017 - 6:49pm Dave Jones /news/marya-welch-plus-volleyball-equals-women-sports-day