Colgate

HAMILTON, N.Y. (5/21/10) – Colgate University senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator Vicky Chun has been recognized by the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA), as the Division I FCS Administrator of the Year.

The Administrator of the Year Award, sponsored by Jostens, is bestowed upon NACWAA members who have made significant contributions as administrators of intercollegiate athletics.

Chun’s primary responsibilities include overseeing corporate sponsorship, marketing and promotions, and personnel management for athletics. She also will serve as the administrative liaison for Daktronics Sports Marketing, ECAC Hockey and the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. In addition, Chun has administrative duties and supervision of men's lacrosse, women's ice hockey, and volleyball.

Chun was promoted to Associate Athletics Director at her alma mater in July 2007, having served as the Assistant AD since February 2006, and on an interim basis since the summer of 2005.

Chun oversaw the operation of Colgate’s athletic practice and competition venues, game day and event operations, promotions, regional marketing and advertising, Junior Raider Club, Rowdy Raider Program, special events, game contracts, team travel, and Patriot League and NCAA bids. In addition, her duties included the administration and supervision of women’s volleyball, men’s lacrosse, cheer team, mascot and the pep band.

A graduate of Colgate, Chun earned both her B.A. in 1991 and M.A. in 1994, where she was a four-year letterwinner on the Raider volleyball team. A two-year captain, Chun was named the Patriot League Player of the Year in 1991 and was also a member of the conference’s All-Decade team.

In 1994, Chun was hired as the head coach of the Colgate volleyball team, a position she held for three years. She posted a 67-27 record as head coach and guided her squad to two conference championships and Colgate’s first-ever NCAA Tournament berth. The 1996 Patriot League Coach of the Year, Chun coached eight all-Patriot League selections, an Offensive Player of the Year, a Defensive Player of the Year, a Rookie of the Year and two Tournament Most Valuable Players.

She is the only person in NCAA Division I history to have earned Player and Coach of the Year in the same conference, as well as the only person to win a conference championship in those two roles.

The 2010 NACWAA National Convention will be held on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at The Worthington Renaissance Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas.

The 2010 Administrator of the Year recipients:
Petrina Long (UCLA – Division I FBS)
Vicky Chun (Colgate University – Division I FCS)
Lisa Sweany (Grand Valley State University – Division II)
Julie Davis (University of Maine-Farmington – Division III)
Susan Hlavacek (Notre Dame College - NAIA)
Janet Judge (Sports Law Associates LLC - Organization)