Grant became the first women’s athletic director at the University of Iowa • From 1973-2000, she was the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women at the University of Iowa, which included 12 NCAA championship sports than won a combined 27 Big Ten conference titles
In 1992, she was named the National Administrator of the Year by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association
In 1970, she was given the Ontario Sports Award for Outstanding Contributions to Canadian Amateur Sport
In 1998, Grant was awarded the NCAA Honda Award of Merit
In 2006, she was inducted into the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame
She was inducted into the NACDA Hall of Fame in 2008
Grant became a Member of the Board of Directors of the USA Field Hockey Foundation
She is a founding member of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW)
