June 22, 2009

Cleveland, Ohio - Two Patriot League athletic directors were chosen to serve on the board for the National Association of Collegiate Athletic Directors (NACDA) for 2009-10. Colgate director of athletics Dave Roach has been chosen by the members NACDA to serve as first vice-president, while Army athletic director Kevin Anderson was elected third Vice President. Both were chosen during NACDA's 44th Annual Convention, held June 18-21 in Orlando, Fla.

Randy Spetman, director of athletics at Florida State University, will serve as president for 2009-10. Also elected to serve NACDA for the 2009-10 term were second Vice President Dan Guerrero, director of athletics at UCLA, and David Stair, director of athletics at Evangel University, who was appointed to his fourth year of a five-year term as secretary.

Executive Committee members selected include athletics directors Warde Manuel, University at Buffalo; Ed McLean, Fayetteville State University; John Scarpino, Seminole Community College; Joe Tubb, South Plains College; and John Volek, Sierra College. Missy Conboy, deputy athletics director, University of Notre Dame; Patty Viverito, commissioner, Missouri Valley Football Conference; and Dan Beebe, commissioner, Big 12 Conference were selected as at-large representatives.

NACDA, now in its 45th year, is the professional and educational association for more than 6,500 college athletics administrators at more than 1,600 institutions throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. More than 2,300 athletics administrators annually attend the NACDA Convention. Additionally, NACDA administers 11 professional associations for the separate business units that report directly to the athletics directors.