Ann Baker Furrow Inducted to the Tennessee Athletics Hall of Fame
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 Published On Apr 26, 2024

Ann Baker Furrow — the first and only woman to compete on a men's varsity team at Tennessee — is inducted to the Tennessee Athletics Hall of Fame as the Trailblazer Inductee.

Furrow was the first Lady Vol golfer, playing on the men's golf team at UT in 1964 and 1965, being named to a men's golf scholarship in 1963. Furrow was also the first recipient of a Neyland Scholarship and the first woman (and the youngest person) appointed to the UT Board of Trustees, upon which she served for 18 years.

In 1991, when the Women's Athletics Department began adding golf as a sport for 1992, Furrow worked with Athletics Director Joan Cronan on its establishment and hiring the first golf coach, Linda Franz (Sower).

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