[1] Upon completing her Bachelor of Arts degree she immediately accepted a gymnastics coach position at a high school in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
[3] In this role, she collaborated with Judith Holland at the University of California, Los Angeles, to jointly market USC and UCLA women's sports.
[2] Hedges left USC in 1991 to become the first female athletic director in charge at a football-playing NCAA Division I school at the University of Washington (UW).
[7] After signing a three-year contract with UW, worth $110,000 per year, Hedges hired Teresa Wilson to lead the new women's softball program.
[9] In her second year as athletic director, Hedges oversaw a scandal involving UW quarterback Billy Joe Hobert who had accepted a $50,000 loan.
[6] As a result of the sanctions, football coach Don James resigned in protest and the athletics department estimated they would lose out $1.4 million in TV revenue.
[17] She was honored by the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators[3] and was selected to be the recipient of the James J. Corbett Memorial Award.