2010

Andi Seger

Andi Seger began her 27-year career in intercollegiate athletics in 1975 at Ball State University as an Assistant Professor and Assistant Athletics Trainer. In 1983, Seger was named Ball State’s Director of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women under the school’s split department system. In 1995, after a 12-year tenure heading the women’s athletics program, the university combined its men’s and women’s programs and selected Seger as the first-ever Director of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Seger’s appointment in 1995 made her one of only four women in the country to oversee a combined men’s and women’s NCAA Division I-A intercollegiate athletics program.

She served for eight years on the NCAA Committee on Athletics Certification and four years on the NCAA Division I Management Council.

Seger joined Alden & Associates, Inc. in 2005 as search counsel within Alden & Associates’ executive search practice in addition to her focus on consulting, feasibility studies, Title IX reviews, compliance reviews, and strategic planning.

Dr. Mildred Barnes

Dr. Mildred Barnes, who coached the Jennies for nine seasons (1971-80), is credited with laying the foundation that helped make the Jennies' basketball program one of the best in the nation. She never had a losing season in her nine-year career, compiling a 156-63 record and winning two AIAW state championships. Barnes retired from Central Missouri in 1991 as professor emeritus of physical education, following 22 years of service to the university.

Highly respected in women's basketball circles nationwide, Barnes became the first woman to serve on the board of trustees of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame (1977-86) and was the only woman out of 50 trustees until the late 1980’s.

She wrote the first book on five-player women's basketball, served on the U.S. Olympic Women's Basketball Committee as the chair and was instrumental in bringing the first U.S. Olympic Women's Basketball Team to Warrensburg to train prior to the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.

In addition to the Central Missouri Hall of Fame, she is in four others including the Northeast Women’s Hall of Fame (1994), the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame (2005), the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (2000), and the Boston University Athletic Hall of Fame (1978) where she was the first woman ever inducted.

As an athlete, she was a member of the U.S. National Lacrosse team and competed nationally in field hockey, tennis, and badminton. She was drafted by the women’s professional baseball league and was on the All-American Lacrosse Team 12 years in a row. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Boston University, and her master’s and doctorate degrees from Surgent University.

Jody Conradt

Jody Conradt grew from roots nurtured by the values of the small town of Goldthwaite, TX, to become one of the giants of women's college basketball and athletics administration. As only the second woman ever inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998, she was not only a pioneer, but a durable and dynamic leader who gave credibility and stature to her sport during 31 years as head coach at The University of Texas (UT).

Her 1985-86 team finished an unbeaten season as NCAA Champions, and 99 percent of her letter winners went on to earn their college degrees. In 38 years as a head college coach (UT, 1976-2007; UT Arlington, 1973-76; and Sam Houston State, 1969-73) and in a dual role at UT as women's athletics director (1992-2001), Conradt earned her reputation as a change agent, a willing, witty, classy ambassador, and a passionate leader for women's opportunities in sports and education.

Her teams won 900 games, making Conradt the second all-time winningest coach in collegiate men's and women's basketball history when she retired following the 2006-07 season. Conradt continues to work part-time at UT as a special assistant to the women's athletics director in a fundraising and public relations capacity.

Marcia Saneholtz

Marcia Saneholtz spent the entirety of her 28-year career in intercollegiate athletics at Washington State University (WSU). Saneholtz retired from her position as Senior Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator in 2007.

Saneholtz supervised and mentored many nationally successful coaches at WSU while aiding in the athletics department’s rise to national prominence.

Saneholtz has participated and been a national leader in the NCAA both for specific sports, and also on the Committee on Women’s Athletics and the Committee on Athletics Certification.

Her tireless work on Title IX and the promotion of women in athletics has made her a respected national figure. Saneholtz received the NACWAA Administrator of the Year Award in 1997 and served as NACWAA President from 1992-1993.