One of Albert Lea’s first female athletes to be inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame - Albert Lea Tribune

One of Albert Lea’s first female athletes to be inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame - Albert Lea Tribune

By Tom Jones, for the Tribune When Patsy Slegh graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1973, the Title IX Amendment for the Education Act had only been in place for one year. That one year she had the good fortune to take part in interscholastic sports for Albert Lea in the Big Nine Conference. She graduated one year prior to the first state volleyball tournament and two years prior to the first state girls’ basketball tournament, so early reco…