{"id":123649,"date":"2023-08-16T15:57:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T20:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=123649"},"modified":"2023-08-16T16:00:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T21:00:07","slug":"braun-named-executive-of-the-year-by-women-leaders-in-college-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/braun-named-executive-of-the-year-by-women-leaders-in-college-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Braun named Executive of the Year by Women Leaders in College Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Women Leaders in College Sports has named 51ÁÔÆæ Director of Athletics Amanda Braun as its NCAA Division 1 Nike Executive of the Year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The award recognizes significant contributions and administrative excellence in intercollegiate athletics. Braun has led Panther Athletics since 2013, and she recently celebrated the opening of 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s new basketball-specific practice facility, the Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin Center.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_123650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123650\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-123650\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2023\/08\/Braun250x300AB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-123650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amanda Braun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI am honored to be selected for this award and believe that leadership is very much a team sport,\u201d Braun said. \u201cWe achieve great things within Panther Athletics because of the incredible people working every day to support our student-athletes, our university and our community, and I share this recognition with all of my teammates within our Athletics Department. I am grateful to Women Leaders in College Sports for this honor and truly appreciate all that this wonderful organization does to grow and support leaders in college sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Braun has led Panther Athletics through a sustained period of academic, athletic and fundraising success. 51ÁÔÆæ student-athletes have recorded a GPA of 3.0 or better for 46 consecutive semesters. And since the 2013-14 athletic season, 51ÁÔÆæ has posted eight top-four finishes in the Horizon League\u2019s all-sports McCafferty Trophy standings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are delighted that Amanda has been recognized by such a prestigious organization for the transformative work she\u2019s accomplished,\u201d 51ÁÔÆæ Chancellor Mark Mone said. \u201cHer commitment to our student-athletes shines through in their collective competitive and academic successes. She is a leader in every sense of the word and is an exemplar for others to follow in college athletics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Braun will be honored at the Women Leaders National Convention, which takes place Oct. 8-10 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Women Leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/womenleadersincollegesports.org\/WL\/About\/press-releases\/women-leaders-2023-award-winners.aspx\">recognizes the achievements and success of women<\/a> working in sports, and the organization believes that celebrating these accomplishments plays an important role in advancing women in sports. 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