UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Judith Sweet

  • Class
  • Induction
    2011
  • Sport(s)
    Special Service
  • Named one of the First women in America to Administer Joint Men's and Women's programs as the Athletics Director at UC San Diego (1975 - 99)
  • UC San Diego received the 1998 NACDA Directors Cup for Division III in recognition of the school's athletic success in NCAA Championships for both Men and Women
  • Served on over 20 NCAA Committees, including the NCAA Council and Executive Commitee. In 1986 was elected Division III Vice-president and later became the first and only female to serve as NCAA Secretary-Treasurer
  • In 1991 became the First and only female to serve as NCAA Membership President - The Association's Highest Membership Post
  • Named NCAA Senior Vice President for Championships and Education services (2001-06)
  • Served on the NCAA Foundation Board of Directors; The Board of Directors for the National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA), The National Assocation of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA), where she was the president in 2000-2001; The Board of Trustees for the United States Sports Academy; Board of Trustees for National University; Member of the United States Olympic Committee's Task Force on Minorities
  • Named NACDA Division III Athletics Director of the Year (1998 - 99(; 1998 honda Award for Outstanding Achievements in Women's Athletics; 1996 UW-Madison Distinguished Alumni Award; 1992 Administrator of the Year by NACWAA
  • In 2006 included among the NCAA's 100 most influential student-athletes and awarded NCAA James J. Corbett Memorial Award Winner for service; 2007 named by institue for international sports 100 most influential sports educators; 2009 Wisconsin State Sports Hall of Fame, among many other national Honors and Awards
  • Co-Director of the Alliance of Women Coaches, which she helped initiate in 2011
  • 1968 - 69 served as National President of the Athletic and Recreation Federation of COllege Women, and President of the University of Wisconsin Women's Recreation Association
  • 1967, 68, 69 Badminton letterwinner and honors graduate at the University of Wisconsin
Judith Sweet
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