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

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