Providence College Athletics
Jill LaPoint Promoted To Executive Associate Athletic Director
7/16/2008 12:00:00 AM | General
July 16, 2008
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Providence College Associate Vice President/Athletics Director Robert G. Driscoll, Jr. announced today (July 16, 2008) that Jill LaPoint has been promoted to Executive Associate Athletic Director. LaPoint joined the College in 2000 as Associate Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator. In 2006, she was promoted to Associate AD for Administration.
LaPoint is responsible for administering and managing a variety of varsity sports programs, including women's basketball, field hockey, volleyball and softball. Ultimately, LaPoint ensures that the athletic programs run in a consistent fashion with institutional, NCAA and BIG EAST Conference policies. She also assists in the overall administration of the department and provides input on such key matters as gender equity, student-athlete welfare, long-range planning and women's issues.
In addition to fulfilling her current list of responsibilities, LaPoint will serve as acting Athletic Director in Driscoll's absence, and also will represent Driscoll, the athletic department and the College at various meetings on and off campus. LaPoint currently serves on the BIG EAST Conference AD Executive Committee, BIG EAST Conference Senior Woman Administrator Committee and the BIG EAST Field Hockey Sport Championship Committee. She also is the treasurer of the R.I.A.I.A.W.
"Jill has been a loyal member of the athletic department for some time now," Driscoll said. "She is organized, efficient and has the best interest of the College, our department and our student-athletes in mind at all times. I've gained great respect for Jill in our time working together and I feel that this is a very deserving promotion."
LaPoint, an 1989 graduate of Lock Haven University, was an Assistant Athletic Director at Brown University for two years prior to her arrival at Providence. While at Brown, she was the primary administrator for four Division I intercollegiate athletic programs, Director of the Club Sports and Intramural Programs, as well as the Director of Physical Education and University Recreation Programs.
She began her career in athletics as the head field hockey coach at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania in 1992. While at Juniata, she was promoted to the post of Assistant Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator. LaPoint worked in those positions until 1998 when she assumed the role of Assistant Athletic Director at Brown.
In 1992, LaPoint earned her master's degree in Exercise and Sport Studies at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. She is a native of Honesdale, Pennsylvania.
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TRANSACTIONS: Providence College promotes Jill LaPoint to Executive Associate Athletic Director.
