Women’s soccer coach Pia Sundhage to hold public session Saturday, May 14, at Ripon College
Legendary women’s soccer coach Pia Sundhage, who led the U.S. women’s national soccer team to two Olympic gold medals at the Beijing and London games in 2008 and 2012, will present a public discussion and question-and-answer session Saturday, May 14, at Ripon College.
The session will run from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts.
Sundhage will be on campus to earn an honorary degree and to deliver the keynote address at the College’s Commencement the following day.
She was named one the 20th century’s greatest female soccer players, playing in multiple World Cups for her native Sweden. Sundhage is currently the head coach of the Swedish national women’s soccer team.
“Pia Sundhage is, hands down, one of the greatest soccer coaches and players in the history of the sport,” said Zach Messitte, president of Ripon College. “She is a role model for a generation of athletes around the world who are committed to excellence, sportsmanship and equality.”
Related Posts
Ripon College’s theatre department to present “The Thin Place” Nov. 6-9
RIPON, Wisconsin – Ripon College’s theatre department is putting on the play “The Thin Place” by Lucas Hnath in the Benstead Theatre in the C.J. […]
Ripon College to host Trailways North Conference honors choir, band
RIPON, Wisconsin – Ripon College will host the Trailways North Conference honors choir on Monday, Nov. 4 at 5 p.m. in Demmer Hall in the […]
Ripon’s poet-in-residence to read poetry at Lane Library open house
Readings on Midwest landscapes RIPON, Wisconsin – Max Schleicher, Ripon’s poet-in-residence, will be giving a poetry reading at an open house at Lane Library at […]
Christopher T. Wood to hold artist talk on “Time Loops” exhibit
RIPON, Wisconsin – Christopher T. Wood, who has previously served as an adjunct professor of art at Ripon College, is hosting an artist talk on […]
