LR提拔Kim 脑袋为体育副总裁
在LR之前, she served as director of athletics at the University of Illinois Springfield for five years.
Lenoir-Rhyne University has announced the promotion of Kim 脑袋 to the position of vice president for athletics. 脑袋, who has served as the director of athletics since March 1, 2016, will continue to provide leadership to the athletic department as well as serve on the president's leadership team to support the broader campus mission and strategic direction.
Under 脑袋's leadership, LR has had unparalleled success on the field, including
- The 2018-19 season marked LR's best finish in the Echols Athletic Excellence Award standings, 仅比第一名差10分. 熊队1分,521分是该项目的记录, and the Bears were in first place after both the fall and winter seasons for the first time.
- The football team advanced to the NCAA Playoff Elite 8 and finished the season ranked No. 在第一年主教练德鲁·克罗尼奇的带领下获得了8次全国冠军. 国外, 他于2017年12月被脑袋聘用, was named AFCA National Coach of the Year and the Bears were the most improved team in the nation, improving their win total by nine wins from 2017 to 2018.
- 进入2018 - 19, LR had two National Coaches of the Year in school history, but 国外 along with head men's lacrosse coach Greg Paradine doubled that total in one season as both picked up national COTY honors.
Women's outdoor track and field and men's soccer each won their first South Atlantic Conference championships in program history and six teams/individuals advanced to NCAA competition last year.
除了, 佩特已经改善了设施, 包括Neill McGeachy体育表演中心. Other athletic facilities experienced marked improvement with the renovation of Shuford Memorial Gym Lobby, 舒福德体育馆也安装了空调, ·莫瑞兹健身房, 还有无数的更衣室. Another notable upgrade was the addition of grandstands at the Moretz Sports Complex soccer and track facility and the installation of a new state-of-the-art Mondo track surface. Additionally, a new video board was installed at the baseball field.
佩特也帮助熊队在场外表现出色. 在她的头三年里, Lenoir-Rhyne has led the SAC with a combined 579 student-athletes on the SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
The Bears also posted a record-high number of Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Awards (123) which tied for the most representatives in the SAC and was the eighth-most recipients in Division II. During the 2018-19 season, LR boasted four Academic All-Americans and four Elite 20 award winners. 脑袋 also added an emphasis on community service since starting in Hickory and the Bears ranked in the top 20 of NCAA Division II athletic departments last year with 6,社区服务时间. 也, the SAAC raised more than $6,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which ranked No. 乙组17名.
在LR之前, 脑袋 served as director of athletics at the University of Illinois Springfield for five years, where she was responsible for the administration and oversight of a 16-sport NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics program in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. 在那之前, 她在布里瓦德学院工作, 北卡罗莱纳, as the director of athletics for more than three years (2007-11). She oversaw 18 NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletic programs in the SAC.
在她之前的两个机构任职期间, 脑袋 led several initiatives including transitioning Brevard College from NAIA to NCAA Division II status, implementing multiple new sports programs including football, establishing a new 500-member booster club while more than doubling fundraising contributions, and leading multiple capital facility improvements including the development of a new baseball facility, 高尔夫练习场, 以及许多其他设施的翻新.
在布里瓦德, 脑袋 also gained collegiate coaching experience serving as the assistant softball coach for three years. She helped lead the team to a program-record winning season of 28-22, 在她执教的第一年.
脑袋's experience also includes more than six years of active involvement on numerous national athletic committees and organizations. In 2019, she was selected to be an officer on the Division II ADA board of directors as the third vice president. 也, 脑袋 was selected to serve on the National Association of Collegiate Director of 体育运动 executive committee in spring 2019. She has served as a representative on the NCAA Division II legislative committee, chair of the NCAA Division II interpretation subcommittee, NCAA第二分部会员委员会副主席, as well as a member of both the NCAA diversity and inclusion fellows design team and the SAC strategic planning committee. 2015年，帕特被斯普林菲尔德认可 商业杂志 成为最有影响力的女性.
脑袋 received her Master of Business Administration from Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, 北卡罗莱纳. 她在布里瓦德大学完成了本科学业, where she received her bachelor's degree in business and organizational leadership, 以最优等的成绩毕业.
