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Award, NCAA Silver Anniversary of Student Athlete Sally Ride, 1998. This plaque was presented to Dr. Sally K. Ride by the National Collegeiate Athletic Association in 1998. The Silver Anniversary Award annually recognizes distinguished individuals on the 25th anniversary of the conclusion of their college athletics careers. As an undergraduate at Swarthmore and Stanford, Ride was a nationally ranked tennis player and briefly considered a professional career in the sport. She became the first American woman in space when she flew aboard STS-7 in 1983.