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Former coach Amber Lemke details SFA's cutting of the women's bowling program

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, January 1, 2026 11:00 am
Former coach Amber Lemke details SFA's cutting of the women's bowling program
Coach Amber Lemke. Photo by University of Pikeville.
Back in May, Stephen F. Austin State University cut women’s bowling, beach volleyball, and golf, along with men’s golf, blaming budget woes stemming from the changes in college sports for the cuts, as I detailed in this story. On June 30, bowler Karla Kay and five female athletes from the other sports that were cut filed a Title IX sex discrimination lawsuit against SFA, charging that SFA even before the cuts already was providing women with “hundreds of fewer...