Judith Holland

Judith Holland

Class of 2027

  • First full-time Director of Women's Athletics at UCLA (1975-1980) 
  • Secured four years of funding from the UCLA administration for Ann Meyers' full scholarship, the first awarded to a woman at UCLA 
  • Co-founded the Collegiate Women Sports Awards, now home of the Honda Cup (1976) 
  • President of the AIAW (1977) 
  • Hired Hall of Famer Billie Moore as UCLA head coach, one of the first full-time coaches in women's sports (1977) 
  • Changed the AIAW National Basketball Championship from a 16-team, single-site tournament to a Final Four format (1978) 
  • Oversaw UCLA's AIAW National Championship, the first won by a major university (1978) 
  • Senior Associate Athletic Director at UCLA after the merger of the men's and women's departments (1980-1996) 
  • Competition Director for basketball at the Los Angeles Olympics (1984) 
  • Chair of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee (1989-1993) 

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