dr. jean a. barrett started at orange state college (known now as cal state fullerton) in 1963 she was a professor of health, physical education and recreation at fullerton getting her degree's a b.s. from cortland state teachers college in 1952 and an ed.m. from the university of buffalo and an ed.d. from state university of new york at buffalo. barrett was a pioneer in physical education and women's athletics at csuf she was the first female faculty member in the physical education department (now the department of kinesiology). barrett served 28 years at the university and served a number of leadership roles there also. barrett like the former titans men's tennis coach ernest a. becker who started also the titan men's tennis program mentored her tennis student-athletes while she was coaching her teams. in the school year 1966–67 she was the titans women's director of intercollegiate activities and started a women's tennis program at cal state fullerton and they were known as the titanettes tennis team they had nine matches that season and was off to a good start according to their leader barrett. one of the first women tennis letterwinners from that starting season in 1967 to play for barrett was former la habra highlander high school tennis player cindy l. gohring a senior class student-athlete at cal state fullerton that school year. in 1967 the titans and barrett were in the overall national picture for women collegiate athletics called the division for girl's and women's sports, which set the standards for intercollegiate competition but does not allow women's athletic scholarships, this lasted until 1972. in 1967 it formed the commission on intercollegiate athletics for women and begins offering national championships in many sports including tennis the individual national singles champion from that year was patsy rippy of odessa college and doubles title went to jane albert and partner julie anthony of stanford. in 1968 the uslta sponsors the first national team championship in women's intercollegiate tennis and known now as trinity university (texas) coached by shirley rushing wins the team title and emilie burrer also of trinity university (texas) wins the individual national championship for singles and doubles that year with partner becky vest. for the 2016–17 season for the current titan women's team it will be the 50th anniversary since the tennis program for women was started at cal state fullerton.