Nora Lynn Finch

Nora Lynn Finch
Class of 2019
- First female Assistant Athletics Director in the ACC, at NC State
- Inaugural chair of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee (1981-1988)
- Negotiated the first television contract for the NCAA women's basketball tournament, with CBS
- Represented the NCAA on the U.S. Collegiate Sports Council (beginning 1988)
- 3x Chief of Mission for U.S. World University Games delegations (1991, 1993, 1995)
- President of the U.S. Collegiate Sports Council (1992-1996)
- Named ACC Senior Associate Commissioner for Women's Basketball (2008)
- Served on the NCAA Division I Management Council, NCAA Division I Membership Committee, NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Oversight and Administrative Committee, Women's Committee on Basketball Officiating, and Division I Women's Basketball Issues Committee
- Chaired the NCAA Division I Championships Cabinet
- Inducted into the National Women's Athletic Hall of Fame, the Western Carolina University Athletic Hall of Fame (twice), and the Peace College Athletic Hall of Fame






