(Story taken from the Southwestern University
website)
ORLANDO, Fla. - Southwestern University athletics
director Glada Munt has been named the 2008-09 Division III West
Region Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year.
All of the award winners will be honored at the James J. Corbett
Awards Luncheon on Saturday, June 20, at the annual National
Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Convention in
Orlando, Florida.
For the past 33 years, Dr. Munt has been integral to the
Southwestern University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. In
addition to serving as the Head Volleyball Coach at Southwestern
for 20 years, Dr. Munt has also been involved in athletics
administration for the past 20 years.
As Assistant Director of Athletics from 1988-95 and as Director
of Athletics since 1995, Southwestern's athletic programs have
prospered as members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
and the NCAA Division III. Under her leadership, student-athlete
participation has increased by nearly 30%, the total budget for
intercollegiate athletics has increased by more than 80%, and 15
new full-time positions have been added. She has also been
instrumental in the addition of two new varsity sports, Women's
Softball and Men's Lacrosse. Furthermore, the department has added
two soccer fields, a softball field, a tennis complex, and a new
baseball complex.
Most recently, Dr. Munt was honored by the National Association of
Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA) as the 2006 NCAA
Division III Athletic Director of the Year. In 2005, she was
one of 12 NCAA Division III athletic administrators to be selected
by the Institute for International Sport for the prestigious honor
of being a Sport Ethic Fellow. For her accomplishments as a
volleyball coach, she was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame
(1990) and the Southwestern University Athletic Hall of Fame
(2004). Southwestern University has honored her with various awards
including the Pearl A. Neas Award and the Joe Mundy award, both for
outstanding service to the institution.
Dr. Munt has not only provided her expertise for those at Southwestern, she has also been active at the national level in numerous capacities. Some of the positions that she has held during her career are: NCAA Division III representative to the Honda Awards Committee, Member of the NCAA Division III National Volleyball Committee; Chair of the NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship South Regional Selection Committee; Member of the NAGWS Volleyball Rules Committee (1985-89); Member of the USVA Board of Directors (1984-88, Olympic Quadrennium); Member of the NAIA National Volleyball Championships Tournament Committee (1984-87); and, President of the NAIA Volleyball Coaches Association (1986-88).
Dr. Munt earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Trinity University, a Masters of Science degree from Baylor University, and a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of North Texas.