basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis and track & field. Women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball. Mary Baldwin began to sponsor men's sports since the university became co-educational, effective in the 2019–20 school year; beginning with cross country, soccer, tennis and track & field. Later baseball was added for the 2021–22 school year. And recently, basketball was added for the 2021–22 school year. Mascot The original mascot of the Mary Baldwin athletics program was Gladys the Fighting Squirrel. Baldwin was introduced as the new athletics mascot in November 2019. Notable alumni Tallulah Bankhead, actress Claudia Brind-Woody, IBM executive Dorie Clark, author and executive education professor Judith Godwin, abstract painter Caroline Rose Hunt, hotelier and philanthropist Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother's Day Louisa Venable Kyle, writer Custer LaRue, musician Lucille Foster McMillin, federal official Jason Narvy, actor Susan Schmidt, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist St. Clair Wright, historic preservationist See also Women's Colleges in the Southern United States References Further reading External links Official athletics website Campus map Collection of scanned archival materials from MBC library hosted at archive.org (Yearbooks, college newsletters, etc.) Former women's universities and colleges in the United States Private universities and colleges in Virginia Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Universities and colleges affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) Educational institutions established in 1842 Female seminaries in the United States Women in Virginia Sixth form colleges Tourist attractions in Staunton, Virginia 1842 establishments in Virginia