Joan Cronan

• Head coach of the Tennessee women's basketball team (1968-1970)
• Led Tennessee to the first-ever National Invitational Women's Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament (1969)
• Athletics Director at the College of Charleston (1973-1983)
• Women's Athletics Director at the University of Tennessee (1983-2012)
• WBCA Leadership Award recipient (1987)
• Inducted into LSU's Alumni Hall of Distinction (1995)
• International Women's Forum Women of Achievement Award: "Women Who Make a Difference" (2009)
• Named University of Tennessee Athletics Director Emeritus
• First recipient of the NCAA President's Pat Summitt Award (2017)
• Served as president of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators, the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, and the Executive Women's Association
• Served on the NCAA Executive Committee and the U.S. Sports Academy Board of Trustees