"We just thought what a wonderful time while the university iscelebrating their 125th to go back and look at all the success we'vehad with women's athletics," said Rocky LaRose.

LaRose is apart of this history having played softball at the UA in the seventies before starting her career as deputy director of athletics.

For eight decades female sports on campus were recognized as recreational and intramural sports.

In 1971, a year before title nine, that's the federal law that aimed to equalize sports among men and women, softball, golf, gymnastics, and tennis became intercollegiate sports at the UA.

Now the university has ten female intercollegiate teams. Of those ten sports it is safe to say that Arizona Softball has had the most success.

The university has won 20 national championships; fourteen of them belong to women's teams. Out of fourteen, eight of them belong to the softball team.

"I never thought I'd have the chance to play for such a program but I am so blessed to be here and being apart of this tradition is just an amazing experience," said Arizona pitcher Kenzie Fowler.

Mike Candrea has been the women's softball head coach since 1985, and all eight titles have been under his lead. He has seen major changes throughout the year.

"You know in the early seventies women's sports looked a lot different than they do today, and so it was really neat to tie the past with the present. For our young kids, that are here today, I think it was really valuable for them to kind of see who paved the road for them," Candrea said.

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