To commemorate 50 years of Title IX, Nebraska will celebrate a trailblazer in women's athletics at every home football game. Maurtice Ivy will be recognized and honored during the Minnesota game this Saturday.
Title IX of the Civil Rights Act was signed into law on June 23, 1972, when Ivy was just a 5-year-old growing up in Omaha. She spent her elementary and junior high days on the cement courts at Fontenelle Park, across the street from her home, taking on boys in the neighborhood. The playgrounds and gyms of Omaha became the proving grounds of her talents.