Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association issued the following announcement on July 20
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), the nation’s oldest historically black conference, and its Senior Woman Administrator Association (SWAA) have appointed new leadership for 2021-23 seasons.
Winston-Salem State University’s LaTaya Hilliard-Gray was selected President of the association, while Fayetteville State University’s Dr. LaWanda Miller was named Vice-President. Additionally, Virginia Union University’s Jocelyn Logan will also serve on the executive team as secretary. Their two-year term began on July 1, 2021.
“As the incoming President for the CIAA SWA Association, I am extremely appreciative of the opportunity and eager to support the conference office, member institutions, and our student-athletes,” said Hilliard-Gray, who also serves as Associate Director of Athletics at WSSU.
Hilliard-Gray, presides over her first meeting as President during the annual SWAA summer retreat. Held virtually the association met with CIAA SAAC, held its business session which included planning for the 2021-22 season and participated in professional development programming.
Hilliard-Gray succeeds Kisha Middleton of Lincoln University (PA). During Middleton’s tenure, the SWAA successfully hosted student-athlete centric programming, facilitated community service initiatives, and created partnerships with the SIAC-SWA during the COVID-19 year.
As a collective, the SWAA is instrumental in the selection of the Ms. CIAA award as well as submission of the CIAA NCAA Woman of the Year. In 2020, the CIAA had a Top 30 NCAA Woman of the Year honoree in Claflin University’s Faith McKie. SWAA also coordinates Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) initiatives, serves on CIAA Championship committees, supports Women’s History Month, and Student-Athlete Week social media initiatives.
The mission of the CIAA SWA Association is to clarify and articulate the role of the SWA on individual campuses in the conference, enhance the level of institutional support for SWA’s to ensure gender equity on their respective campuses and across the conference, provide educational opportunities to student-athletes, coaches, staff and administrators, and to offer a collective voice on Division II issues of significance to the CIAA and its individual campuses.
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