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Shaw's Dianthia Ford-Kee named National Administrator
of the Year
August 31, 2006
Wilmington, NC - The
National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators
(NACWAA) announced today that Shaw University Associate Athletics
Director Dianthia Ford-Kee will be the recipient of the 2006
Division II National Administrator of the Year Award. The National
Administrator of the Year Award is bestowed to NACWAA members
whom have made significant contributions as administrators
of intercollegiate athletics. Honorees will accept their awards
at the NACWAA National Convention Administrator of the Year
Award Dinner, sponsored by Jostens, in Sacramento, California,
October 9, 2006, beginning at 7:00 PM.
Shaw U Photo
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This award, recognizing administrative excellence, is presented annually to
a NACWAA member in the following categories: NCAA Divisions I-A, I-AA, I-AAA;
NCAA Division II; NCAA Division III; NAIA/Junior/Community Colleges; and Conferences/Organizations. “We
are honored to recognize these outstanding administrators for their hard work
and dedication to the field of intercollegiate athletics,” said Jennifer
Alley, Executive Director.
Ford-Kee is in her 16th year at Shaw, having served as senior woman
administrator, head softball and volleyball coach, and course instructor. She
resigned from her coaching duties in 1994 to focus on her role as associate
athletics director and SWA.
Currently, Ms. Ford Kee is serving on the NCAA Division II Management Council,
the NCAA Division II Nominating Committee, the NCAA Division II Project Team
and has served on the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics. Additionally,
Ms. Ford-Kee has been active on Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
committees including the CIAA Executive Committee vice president for women
sports. Ms. Ford-Kee has received many honors over her career, having
been named CIAA Softball and Volleyball Coach of the Year several times. Ms.
Ford-Kee is a graduate of the 2002 NACWAA/HERS Institute for Administrative
Advancement, was inducted into the Wake County (NC) Academy of Women-Athletics
in 1998, and was a nominee for the North Carolina Distinguished Women Award-Athletics
in 1999.
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