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King to Remain on NCAA Women’s Basketball Committee for 2021-22
4/17/2021 9:17:00 AM | Women's Basketball, Athletics
DURHAM – Duke University Senior Deputy Athletics Director and Chief of Staff Nina King has been given a one-year extension by the NCAA and will remain on the Division I Women's Basketball Committee for the fourth straight season in 2021-22 as announced this week.
The Division I Women's Basketball Committee has expanded the committee to 12 members in 2021-22 and three new committee members will be added for the coming season.
Because the committee recently experienced significant turnover in its membership, having replaced five of its 10 members in summer 2020, the NCAA Division I Council Coordination Committee approved one-year extensions for King and committee member Debbie Richardson, senior associate commissioner of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Both will continue with the committee through Aug. 31, 2022. King was the committee chair for the 2020-21 campaign.
Joining the committee Sept. 1, 2021, will be three experienced administrators and former women's basketball student-athletes: Amanda Braun, athletics director at Milwaukee; Janice Ruggiero, deputy director of athletics and senior woman administrator at New Mexico; and Lynn Tighe, senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at Villanova. The nominations were vetted by the Division I Women's Basketball Committee and endorsed by the Division I Women's Basketball Oversight Committee.
"We are thrilled that Nina and Debbie were able to be extended for the coming year. Their experience and leadership of the committee have been crucial, and to get them to serve for another year will be extremely helpful for a committee with so many new members," said Lynn Holzman, NCAA vice president of women's basketball. "Amanda, Janice and Lynn bring a combined 80-plus years of experience with them to the committee, and we are ecstatic to welcome them to what will be a dynamic 12-member committee in 2021-22. We also want to thank Rhonda Lundin Bennett for assisting the committee this year. Her recent experience with the committee and knowledge of selections contributed to our success, and we are forever grateful for her willingness to rejoin the committee for this past year."
Other members of the committee for 2021-22 will include Deneé Barracato, deputy director of athletics at Northwestern; Greg Burke, director of athletics at Northwestern State; Beth Goetz, director of athletics at Ball State; Kurt McGuffin, director of intercollegiate athletics at UT Martin; Lisa Peterson, deputy athletics director at Oregon; Derita Ratcliffe Dawkins, deputy athletics director at Arkansas; and Jill Shields, deputy athletics director at Kansas State.
A member of the Duke staff since 2008, King facilitates daily operation/oversight of the department, is responsible for development of special projects within the department, coordinates strategic planning initiatives, and supervises the creation and execution of all department contracts while serving as the liaison to the University Senior Administration, Board of Trustees and Legal Counsel Office. Additionally, King is the sport administrator for the women's basketball and football programs
In January 2021, the Division I Council adopted the proposal to expand the composition of the Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Committees from 10 to 12 members in 2021-22. Both committees will consist of one member selected from each of the five autonomy conferences and three members selected from the seven highest-ranked nonautonomy conferences based on basketball success. The remaining four members will be selected from the 20 other conferences.
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The Division I Women's Basketball Committee has expanded the committee to 12 members in 2021-22 and three new committee members will be added for the coming season.
Because the committee recently experienced significant turnover in its membership, having replaced five of its 10 members in summer 2020, the NCAA Division I Council Coordination Committee approved one-year extensions for King and committee member Debbie Richardson, senior associate commissioner of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Both will continue with the committee through Aug. 31, 2022. King was the committee chair for the 2020-21 campaign.
Joining the committee Sept. 1, 2021, will be three experienced administrators and former women's basketball student-athletes: Amanda Braun, athletics director at Milwaukee; Janice Ruggiero, deputy director of athletics and senior woman administrator at New Mexico; and Lynn Tighe, senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at Villanova. The nominations were vetted by the Division I Women's Basketball Committee and endorsed by the Division I Women's Basketball Oversight Committee.
"We are thrilled that Nina and Debbie were able to be extended for the coming year. Their experience and leadership of the committee have been crucial, and to get them to serve for another year will be extremely helpful for a committee with so many new members," said Lynn Holzman, NCAA vice president of women's basketball. "Amanda, Janice and Lynn bring a combined 80-plus years of experience with them to the committee, and we are ecstatic to welcome them to what will be a dynamic 12-member committee in 2021-22. We also want to thank Rhonda Lundin Bennett for assisting the committee this year. Her recent experience with the committee and knowledge of selections contributed to our success, and we are forever grateful for her willingness to rejoin the committee for this past year."
Other members of the committee for 2021-22 will include Deneé Barracato, deputy director of athletics at Northwestern; Greg Burke, director of athletics at Northwestern State; Beth Goetz, director of athletics at Ball State; Kurt McGuffin, director of intercollegiate athletics at UT Martin; Lisa Peterson, deputy athletics director at Oregon; Derita Ratcliffe Dawkins, deputy athletics director at Arkansas; and Jill Shields, deputy athletics director at Kansas State.
A member of the Duke staff since 2008, King facilitates daily operation/oversight of the department, is responsible for development of special projects within the department, coordinates strategic planning initiatives, and supervises the creation and execution of all department contracts while serving as the liaison to the University Senior Administration, Board of Trustees and Legal Counsel Office. Additionally, King is the sport administrator for the women's basketball and football programs
In January 2021, the Division I Council adopted the proposal to expand the composition of the Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Committees from 10 to 12 members in 2021-22. Both committees will consist of one member selected from each of the five autonomy conferences and three members selected from the seven highest-ranked nonautonomy conferences based on basketball success. The remaining four members will be selected from the 20 other conferences.
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