Born of a Dakota mother of the Spirit Lake Tribe and a Filipino father, Rosal is inducted both in the Indian Athletic Hall of Fame and the United States of America Table Tennis Hall of Fame, the first female to be so honored.
[1] She attended her first United States Olympic Training Center at age eleven in 1967 and quickly showed her match-winning ability.
[3] She continued to be successful, competing in ten USA Table Tennis National titles over her career.
[1] She was particularly successful in doubles, winning the title at the U.S. National Table Tennis Champions with He-ja Lee no less than three times, in 1978, 1979 and 1980, and once with Jin Na in 1982.
[2] The family lived on the Fort Totten, North Dakota, but moved to San Diego before she was eleven.