KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA) membership has selected UTSA Director of Athletics Lynn Hickey as incoming NACWAA President-Elect and Executive Committee member.
Additionally, the organization has selected Lisa Campos, Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Northern Arizona, Heather Lyke, Vice President/Director of Athletics at Eastern Michigan, and Julie Muller, Commissioner of the North Atlantic Conference, to serve as 2014-15 board of directors members.
The four-year board terms officially began October 13 when elected candidates were announced at the NACWAA National Convention in Louisville. In addition, Joan McDermott, Director of Athletics at Metro State, will serve as President after completing a four-year NACWAA board term and one year as President-Elect.
Under Hickey’s direction since 2000, UTSA has captured three conference commissioner’s cups and a pair of league all-sports trophies while consistently winning both team and individual academic and athletics awards in all 17 sports. Hickey has overseen the addition of three sports during her tenure: football, women’s golf and women’s soccer. Hickey came to San Antonio from Texas A&M, where she served as senior associate athletics director/senior woman administrator. Previously, she was also head women’s basketball coach at Texas A&M and at Kansas State.
Campos, Lyke, Muller and Hickey step in for departing board members Anucha Browne (Vice President of Women’s Basketball Championships, NCAA), Kim Chandler (Director of Athletics, Physical Education & Recreation, Macalester College) Vicky Chun (Associate Professor and Director of Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics, Colgate) and Immediate Past President Chris Plonsky (Women’s Athletics Director, Texas). Click here to view the complete NACWAA Board of Directors.
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