Katherine Ley Award
The Katherine Ley Award was established in 1983 for the purpose
of honoring an eastern women's athletics administrator who
exemplifies the values and characteristics displayed by Katherine
Ley which include: a strong proponent of women's issues; a creator
of programs and opportunities for women in athletics; an idea
person; a role model for women coaches and administrators; a person
of demonstrated leadership, one who has the ability to make things
happen and the ability to work with others; a person with a sense
of what the past has to offer and what the future may bring; a
person with a sense of humor that makes good times better and bad
times easier to bear.
In 1966, Ley was one of the founders of the Commission on
Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, the forerunner of the
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. After
serving a 12-year tenure at the State University College at
Cortland as chair of Physical Education and Athletics for Women,
Ley became athletics director at Capital University in Ohio.
At the time, she was one of only two women athletic administrators
heading both men's and women's athletics.
To nominate an individual, please complete the Katherine Ley Award Nomination Form:
Previous Recipients:
| 2012 | Suzanne Coffey, Amherst College |
| 2011 | Lynn Oberbillig, Smith College |
| 2010 | Patricia Henry, Harvard University |
| 2009 | Irma Garcia, St. Francis College (N.Y.) |
| 2008 | Lauren Anderson, University of Rhode Island |
| 2007 | Barbara Chesler, Yale University |
| 2006 | Joan Taylor, Brown University |
| 2005 | Josie Harper, Dartmouth College |
| 2004 | Sue Crosby-Tangen, Bridgewater State College |
| 2003 | Rita Castagna, Assumption College |
| 2002 | Dr. Suzanne Tyler, University of Maine |
| 2001 | Barbara J. Church, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
| 2000 | Mary Ann Hitchen, University of Delaware |
| 1999 | Mary Barrett, University of Massachusetts-Boston |
| 1998 | Diane Potter, Springfield College |
| 1997 | Eve Atkinson, Lafayette College |
| 1996 | Betty Kruczek, Fitchburg State College |
| 1995 | Doris Soladay, Syracuse University |
| 1994 | Louise Albrecht, Southern Connecticut State University |
| 1993 | Louise O'Neal, Wellesley College |
| 1992 | Jenepher Shillingford, Bryan Mawr College |
| 1991 | Jane Betts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1990 | Arlene Gorton, Brown University |
| 1989 | Della Durant, Pennsylvania State University |
| 1988 | Sharon Taylor, Lock Haven University |
| 1987 | Eleanor R. Lemaire, University of Rhode Island |
| 1986 | Jeanne Rowlands, Northeastern University |
| 1985 | Dr. Leotus Morrison, James Madison University |
| 1984 | Jessie A. Godfrey, Binghamton University |
