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AstroTurf AD of the Year Award
Nomination Criteria
Background
The AstroTurf AD of the Year Award recognizes administrative excellence within the campus and/or college community environment. It is for NACDA members in the U.S. and around the world and is presented for significant contributions made by a director of athletics at their institution in their respective region. This award is presented annually in NCAA FBS, FCS, Division I, II, III, NAIA/other four-year institutions and junior/ community colleges. Winners will be presented with their awards during the James J. Corbett Awards Luncheon at NACDA's 43rd Annual Convention. There will be 29 winners, four per division in the U.S. regions and one cross-divisional winner in the International region. (See the reverse side of this page for the regional breakdowns.) Athletics directors may win the award only once in three years.
Eligibility and Criteria
All directors of athletics, provided they meet the following criteria and are nominated by a NACDA-member director of athletics, college or university president or conference commissioner, are eligible. The nominee must:
Be a NACDA member.
Have served as an athletics director for a minimum of five (5) consecutive academic years (July 1-June 30).
Be employed in a full-time capacity as the director of athletics (not as an associate, assistant or senior woman administrator) at the institution listed at the time of nomination.
Demonstrate a commitment to higher education and student-athletes.
Demonstrate continuous teamwork, loyalty and excellence.
Demonstrate a commitment to continuing education for the athletics administrative staff.
Demonstrate the ability to inspire individuals or groups to high levels of accomplishment.
Demonstrate leadership and/or significant outreach for the betterment of youth and/or the local community.
Show leadership on the regional and/or national levels through serving on (1) NACDA committees; (2) NCAA, NAIA or junior/community college committees; (3) other athletics committees (NACWAA, USOC, AAU, etc.).
Have received previous awards for administrative excellence.
Not be or have been the athletics director at an institution that is or has been placed on probation or cited for a lack of institutional control at his/her current or previous institution in the past five (5) academic years. Any director of athletics who meets all other criteria for the award and who has inherited a program currently on probation or is under review for probation (or lack of institutional control), is eligible to receive the award as long as no other significant violations have occurred since his/her arrival that contribute(d) to the aforementioned.
Nominations
Nominators may nominate one person per region in each division and one International candidate.
Nominations must be in the NACDA office, not postmarked, by Friday, January 18, 2008. Forms may be e-mailed, mailed, sent overnight or faxed, but should only be submitted once, to:
e-mail: Alana McClanahan
Address
AD of the Year Nomination
24651 Detroit Road
Westlake, OH 44145
440/892-4000
Fax: 440/892-4007
For questions, please contact Alana McClanahan in the NACDA office at 440/892-4000.
Regional Breakdown for Division FBS, FCS, Division I, II, NAIA/Other 4-Year and Junior/Community College
There are four U.S. regions for each division and one International region.
Northeast -- Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Southeast -- Alabama, D.C., Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Central -- Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
West -- Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
International -- Canada, Germany, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and all countries outside the U.S.
Regional Breakdown for Division III
There are four U.S. regions for each division and one International region.
Northeast -- Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Southeast -- Alabama, D.C., Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Central -- Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
West -- Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
International -- Canada, Germany, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and all countries outside the U.S.
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Location
Cleveland, OH
Founded
1966
Colors
Black and Gold
President
Joan Cronan
Women's Director of Athletics
University of Tennessee
Executive Director
Mike Cleary
President
Joan Cronan
Director of Women's Athletics
University of Tennessee
1st Vice President
Randy Spetman
Director of Athletics
Florida State University
2nd Vice President
Dave Roach
Director of Athletics
Colgate University
3rd Vice President
Dan Guerrero
Director of Athletics
UCLA
Secretary
David Stair
Director of Athletics
Evangel University
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