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Ex-Staten Islander Lynn Tighe named to prestigious NCAA committee
Updated Apr 16, 2021;
Posted Apr 16, 2021
Former Staten Island resident Lynn Tighe, seen above during her S.I. Sports Hall of Fame induction in 2005, added to an already impressive resume when she was named to a prestigious NCAA committee on Friday, according to Villanova University. (Staten Island Advance)
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Former St. Peter’s Girls HS and Villanova University basketball star Lynn Tighe was one of three women named to the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee for 2021-22 beginning Sept. 1, according to Villanova.com.
Tighe, a two-time Advance All Star point guard and Parade Magazine All-American, has worked at Villanova’s Athletic Department the last 23 years. She’s currently the Big East Conference school’s Senior Associate Athletics Director/Chief Athletics Administrative Officer, as well as the Senior Woman Administrator for Villanova Athletics.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.– With the move of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee to 12 members in 2021-22, it was announced on Thursday that two existing members will have their terms extended for one year, while three new committee members will be added for the coming season.
Of significance, New Mexico’s Deputy Director of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrator Janice Ruggiero is among the newest committee members.
“I am so excited and honored to be chosen to the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee,” stated Ruggiero. “Being a former women’s basketball student-athlete and coach, I have an immense love for the game and a want to grow the game. There is no better committee at the NCAA to help grow women’s basketball.”