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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TRIBUTE TO NCSU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DEBBIE YOW
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HON. DAVID E. PRICE
of north carolina
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize
Dr. Debbie Yow, Athletic Director at North Carolina State University
(NCSU), who is retiring this month. Dr. Yow joined the Wolfpack in 2010
with the responsibility of leading the athletics department of the
largest university in North Carolina. In her eight-year tenure, Dr. Yow
has worked to make NCSU's athletics department one of the best in the
nation--both in the classroom and in competition.
Dr. Yow's tenure as the athletic director has been marked by the
unprecedented academic success of NCSU's student-athletes. This past
year, an all-time high of 59 NCSU student-athletes were named academic
All-Americans. Overall, the students reached a record graduation rate.
Under Dr. Yow's tenure, the Wolfpack also made remarkable improvements
in competition. In the last three years, an average of 79 students were
named competitive All-Americans, an all-time high for NCSU student-
athletes. From 2010-12, the school made the biggest single jump of any
Atlantic Coast Conference school in history, improving from No. 89 to
No. 37 in NACDA rankings.
Dr. Yow has received numerous accolades for her outstanding
leadership. The National Association of Collegiate Directors of
Athletics recently selected her as the 2018-19 Under Armour Athletic
Director of the Year and named her the 2019 James J. Corbett Memorial
Award Recipient, which is the highest honor one can achieve in
collegiate athletics administration. Both Street and Smith's Sports
Business Journal and the Chronicle of Higher Education have cited Dr.
Yow as one of the 20 most influential people in college athletics.
Additionally, she was selected to serve on the President's U.S.
Department of Education Commission on Opportunities in Athletics, to
review the status of Federal Title IX regulations, and was inducted
into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
Prior to serving as athletic director at NCSU, Dr. Yow served as
athletic director at University of Maryland, where she was the first
female athletic director in the ACC. Before becoming an administrator,
she served as the women's basketball coach at University of Kentucky,
Oral Roberts University, and the University of Florida. Yow also served
as a high school coach at Williams High (Burlington, NC) and Eastern
Guilford High (Gibsonville, NC). She received a bachelor's degree from
Elon University and a master's degree from Liberty University. Yow also
has been awarded honorary doctorates from Elon, Liberty and the United
States Sports Academy.
Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Dr.
Debbie Yow for her outstanding contributions to NC State University and
to thousands of student athletes.
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