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NCAA
selects 19 minority administrators for Leadership Institute
July 31, 2004
INDIANAPOLIS---HBCUs have provided
three of the 19 athletics administrators who will participate
in the 2004-05 NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority
Males program. The first session of the 12-month program began
June 25-27, in Indianapolis.
The following athletics administrators were selected for
the 2004-05 NCAA Leadership Institute:
- Damon Arnold, Grand Valley State University, director,
academic services for athletics
- Vince Baldemor, University of Hawaii, Manoa, executive
director
- Wheeler Brown, North Carolina A&T State
University,
associate athletics director/internal operations
- Bryant Carter, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, assistant
director, event management
- Robert Constant (Tuskegee Alum),
University of Virginia, assistant director, marketing
- James Garland, NCAA, assistant director of enforcement
- Marvin Green, Jr., Florida A&M University,
golf coach/intramural sports director
- Michael Hill, Marshall University, assistant compliance
director
- Victor Hill, Kent State University, athletics corporate
relations officer
- Julius Holt, University of Arizona, academic counselor
- Andraveka Irby, Saint Louis University, director of
marketing and sales
- Steve King, Northwestern University, academic advisor/tutorial
coordinator
- Keith Merritt II, Oakland University, athletics academic
advisor
- Thomas McKinney II, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, basketball strength/conditioning
- Nigel Roberts, Iona College, academic advisor for athletics
- Bradley Taylor, Colonial Athletic Association, director
of championships
- Ayodele Taylor-Dixon, University of Evansville, director
of marketing & ticket sales
- David Wyman, University of Miami,
associate director of academic services
- Percy West, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, associate
director, Thornton Athletics Student Life Center
The NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Males
is designed as a model for athletics administrators to receive
training and acquire skill sets necessary to advance to leadership
roles in athletics. This program is the result of a recommendation
by the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee
to address the critical shortage of senior-level ethnic minority
males involved at the campus and conference levels. According
to the NCAA's latest study of race demographics in intercollegiate
athletics, minority males account for seven percent of the
positions in athletics administration at NCAA member institutions
(not including historically black colleges and universities).
The Leadership Institute, which was established in 2001,
focuses on enhancing job-related competencies in four professional
areas: leadership and administration; human resource management;
finance and fundraising; and media and public relations.
The participants also engage in a week-long intensive workshop
near the conclusion of the 12-month program that encompasses
problem-solving techniques involving all four professional
area components. All sessions, including the week-long workshop,
are held in Indianapolis at the NCAA national office.
To be eligible for the Leadership Institute, applicants
must be nominated from NCAA institutions and conferences,
and the applicants are required to submit a current resume,
a personal statement and a letter of recommendation. A diverse
group of recognized leaders in business, higher education
and intercollegiate athletics will have presentations during
the four development sessions of the Leadership Institute.
- The four development sessions are:
- Session I - Leadership and Administration - June 25-27,
2004
Session II - Human Resource Management - August 6-8, 2004
Session III - Finance and Fundraising - October 29-31, 2004
Session IV - Booster, Public and Media Relations - February 4-6, 2005
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