INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana—San Jose State athletic director Jeff Konya returns to the NCAA Division I women’s basketball committee, where he served during the 2017-18 season.
Konya, who will join the committee immediately and serve until Aug. 31, 2026, will fill the position on the Mountain West Conference committee recently vacated by San Diego State Assistant Athletic Director Jenny Bramer. Konya previously served on the committee when he was athletic director at Oakland.
“I am honored to join the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee and represent the Mountain West Conference,” Konya said. “It is exciting to return to the committee at a time of greatest interest and momentum in the sport of women’s basketball. I look forward to working with my fellow committee members as basketball season approaches.”
Konya was named athletic director at San Jose State in 2021 and previously led the athletic departments at Oakland, Northeastern and California State University, Bakersfield. Konya has twice been named Director of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (2016-17 and 2020-21), making him one of only four athletic directors in Division I-AAA history to win the award twice in four years. He also has athletic administration experience at Iowa, South Dakota, Bucknell, the University of Texas San Antonio and Memphis.
Konya earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Princeton, where he was a member of the football team, and later received his juris doctorate from Iowa College of Law.
He joins a 12-member women’s basketball committee in 2024–25 that includes committee chair Derita Dawkins, assistant vice chancellor and associate athletic director at Arkansas; Deneé Barracato, assistant athletic director at Northwestern; Jill Bodensteiner, vice president and athletic director at Saint Joseph’s; Amanda Braun, athletic director at Milwaukee and 2024–25 committee vice chair; Vicky Chun, athletic director at Yale; Liz Darger, senior associate athletic director at Brigham Young; Amy Folan, assistant vice president and athletic director at Central Michigan; Alex Gary, athletic director at Western Carolina; Lizzie Gomez, assistant commissioner of the Southland Conference; Josh Heird, athletic director at Louisville, and Lynn Tighe, senior associate athletic director at Villanova.
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