Administrator of the Year is presented annually to a collegiate athletics administrator who has promoted women’s basketball in a positive manner at the local, regional and/or national levels, and who has served as a professional role model for student-athletes.
Eligibility
The following persons may be nominated for the award:
- National office administrators.
- Conference commissioners.
- Conference associate/assistant commissioners or other conference-based administrators.
- Athletics directors.
- Associate or assistant athletics directors
- Senior woman administrators.
A nominee does not have to be a member of the WBCA.
Nomination
All college head coaches who are members of the WBCA may nominate any person who satisfies the criteria. Nominations must be submitted online.
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Selection
The WBCA Executive Committee selects a recipient from the pool of nominees. Nominations of persons not selected remain active for three years.
Past Recipients
2024 — DeJuena Chizer, Houston
2023 — Chris Plonsky, Texas
2022 — Kathy Meehan, St. John’s
2021 — Jennifer Strawley, Miami (FL)
2020 — Barbara Jacobs, American Athletic Conference
2019 — Diane Dickman, NCAA
2018 — Dru Hancock, Big 12 Conference
2017 — Jean Lenti Ponsetto, DePaul
2016 — Rich Ensor, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
2015 — Chris Dawson, Pac-12 Conference
2014 — Connie Hurlbut, Western Athletic Conference
2013 — Teresa Gould, California
2012 — Pam Wettig, Denver
2011 — Theresa Wenzel, Georgia Tech
2010 — Janna Blais, Northwestern
2009 — Carolyn Campbell-McGovern, Ivy League
2008 — Marianne Vydra, Oregon State
2007 — Carol Sprague, Pittsburgh
2006 — Jane Meyer, Iowa
2005 — Debbie Richardson, Campbell
2004 — Dr. M. Dianne Murphy, Denver
2003 — Cary Groth, Northern Illinois
2002 — Marita Hynes, Oklahoma
2001 — Jane Meier, Northern Kentucky
2000 — Bernadette McGlade, Atlantic Coast Conference
1999 — Don DiJulia, St. Joseph’s (PA)
1998 — Jean Lenti Ponsetto, DePaul
1997 — Lynn Dorn, North Dakota State
1996 — Dr. Mary Jo Wynn, Southwest Missouri State
1995 — Ellen Perry, Penn State
1994 — Lynn Barry, USA Basketball
1993 — Jeannine McHaney, Texas Tech
1992 — Dr. Christine Grant, Iowa
1991 — Dr. James Jarrett, Old Dominion
1990 — Dr. Judith Holland, UCLA
1989 — Dr. Donna Lopiano, Texas
1988 — Dr. Joyce Wong, Rochester
1987 — Nora Lynn Finch, North Carolina State
1986 — Dr. Charlotte West, Southern Illinois
1985 — Joan Cronan, Tennessee