'I want everyone to say they went to the White House. Not many people can say that,' said Baylor coach Kim Mulkey.
CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMOREThirty-five years ago this month, President Ronald Reagan honored the Southern California women's basketball team at a ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room of the Old Executive Office Building next to the White House.
According to USA TODAY Sports research, 31 of the next 32 NCAA women's champions went on to be honored by the president, either individually or as part of a broader ceremony. At least 16 WNBA champions have received White House invitations since the founding of the league in 1997.While championship visits have become more sporadic across all sports under Trump, they've become particularly rare for women's teams.
Staurowsky said these once non-partisan celebrations have become inherently political. And for women's teams, she said, that means taking into account some of Trump's past comments about women and the sexual harassment allegations that have been levied against him. Former presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, for example, typically held joint celebrations for the men's and women's NCAA basketball champions. Former president George W. Bush followed suit, while also regularly inviting WNBA champions to visit the White House for the first time.
"It's probably because we're a women's sport and it maybe is not on our president's radar," Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve told The Star Tribune after her team was not invited last year.
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