Margaret Gisolo, 94, passed away on October 20, 2009. She was a pioneer in women's sports, and helped establish and served as chairperson of the dance program at ASU. She helped open the door for increased acceptance of women in sports. In 1928, she knocked in the winning run for the ball team she played on. The opposing team protested the loss, saying that the League was reserved for boys only. A three-man commission, including the Major League Baseball Commissioner, eventually ruled in favor of her eligibility. The team went on to capture the Indiana state championship and compete at Chicago's Comiskey Park. Because of her accomplishments and the high profile of the case, thousands of girls across the country wanted to sign up for American Legion baseball, but the rules were changed the next year barring girls from play, a ruling that stood until the 1970s. Margaret then turned her attention to dance in college graduating from Indiana State University. She earned a masters degree at New York University. She also served in the Navy in World War II, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. After the war she taught dance at Indiana State College in Pennsylvania and studied dance at Columbia University for a year before moving to Arizona in 1953. Further study included work with Mary Wigman, Martha Graham, and Jose Limon. She joined the ASU faculty in 1954 and served as Chairperson of the program in dance until 1977. She was a founding and supporting member of the Friends of ASU Dance and the Arizona Dance Arts Alliance. In 1979, Margaret received the ASU Distinguished Teacher Award. After retiring in 1980, she wrote a history of Dance Companies in the State of Arizona. Copies of this unpublished document are housed in the New York City Public Library Dance Collection and the Lincoln Center Library, among others. Indiana State University named her a Distinguished Alumna, she was awarded the ASU Fine Arts Distinguished Achievement Award, and in 1994 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree by ASU. She resumed playing tennis and soon was on the national circuit. She was nationally ranked until 2000, when at age 86 she stopped traveling to national matches. At the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, she is included in a permanent exhibit celebrating women in baseball. Margaret was preceded in death by her parents and five siblings. She is survived by nieces, nephews and other relatives. There is an interview in ASURA's Video History library