Susan Warfield Preimesberger

When Susan Warfield Preimesberger was a gymnast at the University of Arizona in the 1970s, she became an active part of the Title IX movement, which sought equity for female athletes.
“It had a huge impact on my decisions and future endeavors,’’ she says.
“As I moved into high school leadership positions, my objective was to fight for equality in women’s sports, such as: hiring the first female athletic trainer for the TUSD to care for both men and women athletes; encouraging women to take officiating classes to become sports officials for women’s or men’s sports.
“Also, encouraging coaches to file Title IX grievances for lack of varsity locker rooms for female athletes on their school campus. I pushed statewide policy that cheerleaders and bands participate at female events equal to that of male sports.’’
Susan further campaigned for equitable expenditures for female sports compared to male sports, and for equal use of the schools’ gymnasium and other facilities. She did her best to make traveling to road games the same for girls and boys teams.
Through her career as principal at Sabino and assistant principal at Tucson High, Susan did more than just work from on campus. She became a widely respected gymnastics judge, working for the AIA as a judge, and later for the U.S. Gymnastics Federation. She spent seven years as the gymnastics coach at Palo Verde High School where she took a winless team to three state finals, and as a gymnastics judge for elite gymnastics competition regionally and statewide,
As the principal of Sabino High School, she won the Tony Komadina AIA award for operating the state’s outstanding girls athletic program. She also became the first female assistant athletic director in the TUSD.
After Preimesberger retired from her administrative positions in the TUSD, she helped to organize and operate the Tucson Ladies Council, a group of philanthropists who have raised more than $400,000 for the Tu Nidito Children’s Family Services.