Jessie Andrews was the first woman to enroll at The University (1883), the first woman to graduate from The University (1886), and the first woman to be employed by The University as an instructor (1888). Ms. Andrews taught in the UT Department of Germanic Languages until 1918. Andrews Dormitory on the UT campus is named in her honor.
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Though baseball was played on campus as early as 1886, official record keeping did not begin until 1897. UT's 1898 team only played five games, beating St. Edward's, but losing twice to the professional Austin Senators and once each on the road to teams from San Antonio and Galveston. The “Varsity” was coached in 1898 by Alexander Caswell Ellis, UT professor of education.
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Eleanor Norvell, director of the Women's Gymnasium, formed a women's basketball team in 1901. Although basketball at the intramural level had been played by women students at UT in previous years, Ms. Norvell arranged for the team, beginning in 1901, to play one game with an off-campus opponent. In 1902 the “Varsity” vanquished the “Town Girls” of Austin by the score of 7-4.
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