WSSU’s Walker named CIAA Athletics Director of the Year
Winston-Salem State University Director of Athletics, Tonia Walker
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CHARLOTTE – Winston-Salem State University Director of Athletics, Tonia Walker, has been named CIAA Athletics Director of the Year.
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) held its annual Spring General Assembly Meeting and End-of-Year Awards Reception in Charlotte on Monday evening, May 16.
Athletics administration representatives from each of the CIAA’s 12 member institutions joined members of the conference office for the recognition of more than 20 conference awards.
The AD Association gave Walker the award. Walker, in her second full year at the helm of WSSU’s athletics department, oversaw a 2015-16 year that brought the Rams five championship titles: football, volleyball, women’s indoor track & field, women’s cross country and softball.
In addition to hosting the Indoor Track & Field Championship and a volleyball roundup with her staff, Walker serves on the Division II Athletic Directors Association’s Board of Directors and is the president of the CIAA AD Association.
Walker called the day “an emotional one”, and said she was humbled to be named the CIAA Best AD for the 2015-16 year, as the Rams also captured the Loretta Taylor All-Sports trophy, indicative of the best women’s athletics program in the CIAA.
