Tamica Smith Jones Named To Division I-AAA ADA Executive Committee For 2017-18

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Cleveland, OH—UC Riverside Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tamica Smith Jones was recently named to the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association Executive Committee for 2017-18."I am excited to join this esteemed network of colleagues, many of whom I have met and engaged with over the years," said Smith Jones. "Serving on the D1-AAA executive committee will be an honor, and provide another set of applicable resources as a non-football campus to identify and enhance common initiatives. With the current climate of intercollegiate athletics, it's imperative to be connected and collaborate with colleagues across the industry as often as possible in an effort to advance the strategic vision and elevate our student-athletes in 17 sports."Tim Hall (Maryland Baltimore County) will serve as the DI-AAA ADA president, while Lynne Robinson (Mount St. Mary's) takes over as 1st Vice President, Mary Ellen Gillespie (Hartford) is the 2nd Vice President, and Carla Wilson (UMKC) is the 3rd Vice President. Scott Lazenby (Texas A&M Corpus Christi), will serve as Secretary, and Ken Kavanagh (Florida Gulf Coast) will serve as the Association's Treasurer.Rounding out the Executive Committee are Patrick Elliott (Binghamton), Phil Hutcheson (Lipscomb), Don DiJulia (St. Joseph's), Jean Lenti Ponsetto (DePaul), Jeff Konya (Oakland), John D'Argenio (Siena), Steve Watson (Loyola) Roderick Perry (IUPUI), Scott Leykam (Portland), Chris King (UTRGV), Kim Record (UNC Greensboro), Irma Garcia (St. Francis), Robert Lineburg (Radford), and Rich Ensor (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference).Now in its 17th year, the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association's mission is to enhance initiatives common to its Division I-AAA membership (the Division I institutions that do not sponsor football), in particular, aspects related to their flagship basketball programs.The association presents an All-Sports trophy each year to the top Division I-AAA institution in the Learfield Directors' Cup standings, as well as trophies for individual sports. The Highlanders took home trophies in 2015-16 ...

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