VIRGINIA K. FRANK AWARD WINNERS

The Virginia K. Frank Award was established in 1976 and is presented annually to the school's most outstanding female athlete as voted on by the head coaches and the senior leadership team. Frank, also known as Virginia K. Frank Olson, was a pioneer who organized and coached women's sports long before they were sanctioned by the NCAA. An amateur athlete as a speed skater, skier and softball player, she was instrumental during the 1950s and 60s in introducing track, volleyball, skiing, field hockey, badminton and softball to Colorado State University (known as Colorado A&M until 1957).