Jeff Konya<\/a>\u00a0has been elected to serve as the NCAA Division I Women\u2019s Basketball Committee chairperson for the 2027-28 season and the vice chair for the 2026-27 season, announced by the NCAA on Friday.<\/p>\nThis comes after his appointment to the prestigious NCAA Division I Women\u2019s Basketball Committee was extended for an additional two years earlier this year. Konya\u2019s renewed commitment means he will now represent the Mountain West Conference on the national committee through August 31, 2028.<\/p>\n
\u201cServing on the Division I Women\u2019s Basketball Committee has been one of the highlights of my professional career, and I\u2019m grateful that my peers have entrusted me with this opportunity,\u201d Konya said. \u201cThis is an incredible time for women\u2019s basketball, and I look forward to helping guide the championship during a period of tremendous growth for the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
Konya, who previously served on the committee during the 2017\u201318 season while leading the athletic department at Oakland University, stepped back onto the panel in 2024.<\/p>\n
The 12-member committee is tasked with the selection, seeding, and bracketing of the NCAA Division I Women\u2019s Basketball Championship field, as well as the ongoing administration, governance, and promotion of the tournament. Konya brings a wealth of national committee experience to the role; he has previously served on NCAA committees for Division I men\u2019s soccer, Division II women\u2019s tennis, and the Division I Women’s gymnastics committee.<\/p>\n
A prominent voice in the industry, Konya is a two-time National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Director of the Year award winner (2016\u201317 at Oakland and 2020\u201321 at Northeastern). His deep administrative background also spans highly respected tenures at California State University, Bakersfield, Southern Methodist University (SMU), Iowa, South Dakota, Bucknell, UT San Antonio, and Memphis.\u00a0Additionally, the readers of the\u00a0Mercury News\u00a0voted SJSU the “Best College Sports Team in Silicon Valley” for an unprecedented three years in a row.<\/p>\n
On the committee, Konya continues to serve alongside a distinguished roster of national collegiate leaders, including the committee chair for the 2026-27 season Liz Darger (BYU), Kristen Brown (Nebraska), Vicky Chun (Yale), Sara Elcano (Oregon State), Annie Fiorvanti (UConn), Josh Heird (Louisville), Candice Storey Lee (Vanderbilt), Marvin Lewis (George Mason), Sherika Montgomery (Big South Conference), Jill Redmond (MVC), and Ashleigh Simmons (Western Carolina).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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