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During Inspiring Women Night, the Fever recognized former WNBA President Val Ackerman with the Lin Dunn Award, highlighting her foundational role and the league’s growing visibility.
In a recent ceremony, Val Ackerman received the Indiana Fever’s Lin Dunn Inspiring Women Award, highlighting three decades of transformation for the WNBA and the enduring influence of its pioneers.
With more than eighteen years of Division I experience, Pualani Spurlock‑Welsh is now the BIG EAST Conference’s Supervisor of Women’s Basketball Officials, charged with overseeing a newly formalized officiating alliance that spans three major leagues.
Pualani Spurlock-Welsh has been appointed supervisor of women’s basketball officials for the American, Atlantic Coast and Big East conferences, a role that places her at the helm of a newly formalized officiating alliance.
The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the hiring of Pualani Spurlock-Welsh as its new Supervisor of Women’s Basketball Officials, a role that will also oversee the American and Big East conferences. With more than a decade and a half of high‑profile officiating experience, she will guide a newly formalized alliance set to launch this summer.
The Indiana Fever will present Val Ackerman with the Lin Dunn Inspiring Women Award, celebrating her pivotal role in launching the WNBA and her lasting impact on women’s basketball during the league’s 30th anniversary season.
The new committee member brings extensive administrative experience and a track record of strategic initiatives to the governing body of college basketball.
Mike Broeker, vice president and director of athletics at Marquette University, has been appointed to the NCAA’s Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee, filling the vacancy left by Dan Leibovitz, who recently became commissioner of the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Mike Broeker, Marquette University's Vice President and Director of Athletics, has been selected for the NCAA's Men's Basketball Oversight Committee, a role that will shape the future of college basketball governance.
UConn’s athletic director David Benedict argues that the Big East should champion basketball throughout the calendar, a strategy that could reshape the conference’s future amid expanding tournaments and revenue challenges.