The rowhouse where she lived was adjacent to the athletic field of Stevens Trade School, which gave her the opportunity to play a lot of sports.

[1] Meiser attended West Chester University where she graduated, in 1969, with a bachelor's degree in health and physical education.

[1] At the time, the women's basketball team was not well-respected, having recently transitioned from a club sport to a varsity sport, but the team had single digit wins in the last four seasons under coach Jean Balthaser, going 9–18, 9–20, 9–18, and 9–18 between 1981 and 1983, with only a single win in Big East play in 1982–83.

[6] Meiser chaired the search committee to find a new women's basketball coach, and ended up hiring Geno Auriemma, who has gone on to the lead the team to nine national championships, as of 2014.

[7] She would later describe Auriemma as the type of coach who could call on a recruit at her home, and "walk out the door with the family's dog in his arms".

Meiser proposed to the Athletic Director Lew Perkins, in 1990 that the team should charge for admission.