CIAA Volleyball Welcomes Keynote
Speaker:
Mary McElroy- Georgia
State University Director
of Athletics October 31, 2006
Fayetteville, NC... The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association welcomes Mary McElroy, Georgia State University Director of Athletics, as the keynote speaker for the 2006 CIAA Volleyball Championship Banquet. Festivities will be held at the Holiday Inn- Bordeaux on Wednesday, November 1 at 12:00, noon.
As the only current female African-American athletics director at a non-historically black college at the NCAA Division I level, Mary McElroy took over the head role at Georgia State University in June of 2005.
Mrs. McElroy has spent over a decade in athletic administration. Her career began in 1992, where she worked her way up to assistant athletic director at the Naval Academy. She was Senior Woman Administrator and oversaw compliance for 29 sports. She also served a stint as Director of Alumni Services at Navy.
For the past six years, as Senior Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator at Georgia Tech, McElroy was responsible for overseeing five sports: basketball (men's and women's), tennis (men's and women's) and softball, and supervising the game day operations for basketball as well as the compliance staff.
Within the NCAA and ACC, McElroy was appointed to the NCAA Management Council in April 2005, and was a member of the NCAA Volleyball Committee. For the ACC, McElroy served as chairperson of the Softball Committee, was on the Women's Basketball Committee and was tournament manager of the 2003 Women's Final Four, was a member of the Atlanta Local Organizing Committee for the 2002 Men's Final Four, served on the Head Trainer's Committee, the Senior Woman Administrator's Committee, and on the Ad Hoc Committee on student-athlete welfare.
CIAA Volleyball Championship Schedule
Thursday, November 2 9:00, 11:00, 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00
Friday, November 3 5:00, 7:00pm (Two semi-finals games)
Saturday, November 4 5:00pm Championship Game
