Niagara University Athletics

Rafter was a pioneer for women's sports at Niagara University and helped lead the initiative to have women's sports officially sanctioned at NU and was a member of the women's basketball program from 1971-75. In 1974, Rafter became the first female student-athlete elected to the Athletics Advisory Council which helped implement Title IX. She has continued to be a generous benefactor of the Purple Eagles women's basketball program and Niagara University. Rafter was inducted to the MAAC Honor Roll in 2015.