Frazier Named a Finalist for Sports Business Journal Honor

DeKALB, Ill. – Northern Illinois University Vice President/Director of Athletics and Recreation Sean T. Frazier has been named a person of 5 finalists for Athletic Director of the Year by the Sporting activities Enterprise Journal. Frazier joins Sandy Barbour (Penn Point out), Lisa Campos (UTSA), Hunter Yurachek (Arkansas) and Tom Holmoe (BYU) as nominees for the prestigious award. The winner will be declared for the duration of the 15^th Annual Sports activities Business enterprise Awards to be held at the New York Marriott Marquis Moments Sq. on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.
 
In his ninth calendar year at the helm of NIU Athletics, Sean T. Frazier has guided the Huskies to historic milestones competitively, academically and socially, cemented his standing as the two a national and community chief on range and inclusion and led productive fundraising efforts that have remodeled the university student-athlete knowledge at NIU. In addition to primary the Huskies’ 17-sport intercollegiate athletics software, Frazier and his team direct operations of the NIU Convocation Center, oversee the Huskie Marching Band and, in 2020, integrated NIU Recreation underneath the athletics umbrella.
 
Over the past 14 months, four various NIU groups have won Mid-American Meeting Championships, bringing the whole range gained by Huskie groups all through Frazier’s tenure to 12, the most MAC titles won underneath the leadership of any athletic administration in university record. The last workforce extra to that listing of champions was the 2021 NIU Soccer crew, which completed a historic journey by getting the initial crew in FBS heritage to gain a convention championship match soon after likely winless the former 12 months. NIU Football less than Frazier’s tenure has continued its level of championship success with the best winning share amid all MAC establishments as well the most wins by an FBS system in the State of Illinois. Frazier also saw the NIU men’s soccer group earn its first MAC title since 2011 and progress to the 2nd spherical of the NCAA Tournament, although four Huskie teams recorded second-position finishes in 2020-21.  
 
NIU student-athletes have also liked unprecedented success in the classroom less than Frazier’s guidance as the Huskies finished the 2020-21 academic 12 months with a school history cumulative GPA of 3.35 as 15 groups posted a group GPA higher than 3., and NIU posted the second greatest Graduation Good results Charge in faculty record with an 88 per cent mark.
 
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Frazier has a significant history of services in NCAA committees, coaching, mentorship and shared governance. Frazier was requested to be a element of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) Faculty Sports Sustainability Assume Tank to produce principles that emphasize partnerships throughout the collegiate room and Olympic and Paralympic actions, and recognize that amplified alignment can consequence in operational efficiencies, untapped revenues and a unified eyesight of the sport pathway for athletes. This past calendar year Frazier also co-chaired the Guide1 Variety, Fairness and Inclusion Doing work Group with the target to create a white paper which would layout an actionable system for FBS institutions to assist develop more alternatives for men and women of coloration to progress in athletics administration, thereby escalating diverse senior management at the maximum stages of intercollegiate athletics.
 
Most likely the Huskies’ most considerable accomplishment more than the previous 12 months arrived in December 2021, when NIU Athletics turned the to start with two-time receiver of the MOAA/NCAA Range and Inclusion Award, presented by the Minority Possibilities Athletic Association and the NCAA. Substantially, NIU Athletics was identified for its actions in this region and the continuing determination by Frazier and his staff to deliver range, inclusion and belonging to the forefront of NIU’s lifestyle. In the course of this time, he also was regarded as a 2021 Chief in Diversity and Inclusive employing by Sporting activities Organization Journal for furnishing bigger chances and leadership positions for varied and underrepresented candidates at the optimum concentrations of intercollegiate athletics.
 
The SBJ Athletic Director of the 12 months Award winner will be selected by the workers of Athletics Business Journal.  A full list of the award nominees is obtainable at SportsBusinessJournal.com.
 
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