1. The Edmonton Grads By: Hanna Serhan “Ladies First Basketball players second” -Percy Page “You must play basketball, think basketball and dream basketball”- Percy Page

2. Women in Sports At the time women in sports were frowned upon because they were deemed un “ladylike” Women’s sports got second rate equipment little or no coaching Not only did the women have to compete against an opponent they also had to compete against the public and that is every athletes greatest challenge

3. The Man who lost the Coin Toss Basketball was created by James Naismith Percy Page came to Edmonton and taught at McDougal Commercial High School At this school Percy could only coach one team, the boys or the girls so Percy and Ernest Hyde (his assistant) flipped a coin to decide who would coach each team. Percy lost the coin toss meaning he was to coach the girls basketball team Little did Percy know that the man who lost the coin toss was going to coach one of the greatest teams in history.

4. The Grads were Born The Edmonton Grads are an all women’s basketball team They were started at McDougal High School They had a very successful season and they wanted to stay as a team when they graduated Thus The Edmonton Grads were borne!

5. The Unbeatable Little news about the grads The Grads dominated every team they played. Every 6 points a Grad would score their opponent would score 1 Grads Final Record 526 wins 22 losses in 25 years (better than 96%) Best record of all time in any sport for both genders Played 9 men teams and only lost twice 38 lucky women would wear the Grad uniform Disbanded in 1940 because The Royal Canadian Air Force took over their arena

6. The Questions Why Should they be the greatest Canadians? What special things did they do? Why are they important?

7. The Reasons They helped changed they status of women They inspired women all over the globe They shined the spotlight on women’s sports

8. The Grads Over the Years