Roughly a 12 months after returning to the HBCU ranks, Dr. Kristene Kelly is being honored by her alma mater.
Dr. Kelly, a former student-athlete and Sports activities Info Director will likely be inducted into the Johnson C. Smith College Athletics Corridor of Fame in the course of the Eddie C. McGirt Basic/Corridor of Fame Weekend, to be held on Friday-Saturday, September 13-14, on the campus of the Charlotte, N.C- primarily based HBCU.
Dr. Kelly was knowledgeable of her honor by way of her pal and former colleague at Saint Augustine’s College, Anthony Jeffries.
“I’m honored and extremely humbled to be chosen for the JCSU Athletics Corridor of Fame,” says Dr. Kelly. “I’m grateful for the alternatives and experiences which have formed my journey, and I share this honor with everybody who has been part of it. This recognition is a testomony to the unbelievable help system at JCSU and past.”
Different inductees embody Ronnie Armstrong (Soccer), Rochelle Bodie (Basketball), Leford Inexperienced (Observe & Area), Anthony Holloman (Soccer), Carl Lyles (Soccer), Roosevelt McGruder, LaTondra Morrow (Observe & Area/Basketball), Benard Parker (Soccer), and Joi Surratt (Basketball).
Kelly, a St. Croix, USVI native, is presently the Director of Athletics at Albany State College. She boasts one of the vital various resumes in school athletics, having served in numerous roles in any respect three NCAA divisions. Previous to her appointment at Albany State, she served because the Deputy Athletic Director for Inner Affairs/Senior Lady Administrator at Vanderbilt College, a Energy 5 establishment within the extremely aggressive Southeastern Convention (SEC). Along with her time at Vanderbilt, she labored at Dartmouth School because the Senior Affiliate AD/SWA earlier than being promoted to Govt Affiliate AD/SWA (2018-2020), Keene State School as Director of Athletics and Recreation (2016-2018), Saint Augustine’s College as Affiliate AD/SWA in addition to Assistant Professor and Division Chair (2009-2016), and Johnson C. Smith College as Sports activities Info Director (2002-2009).
Dr. Kristene Kelly served as Sports activities Info Director at Johnson C. Smith College for six and a half years. Throughout her tenure at her beloved alma mater, she earned many accolades, together with being awarded the John Holley Sports activities Info Director of the Yr award (2005), and turning into solely the second feminine to obtain that honor. She served in a number of management roles at her HBCU, the CIAA, and nationally on NCAA Division II committees. In actual fact, Kelly served because the Co-chair of the extremely profitable 2007 NCAA Division II Out of doors Observe & Area Championships. Moreover, Kelly is a graduate of the NCAA’s Management Institute for Ethnic Minority Females (2007).
Kelly earned a bachelor’s diploma in sports activities administration and a bachelor’s diploma in public relations from the college in 2000. She went on to obtain her grasp’s diploma in human efficiency and sports activities research from the College of Tennessee and acquired her doctoral diploma from the US Sports activities Academy. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She has been married to Jonathan for twenty years, and collectively they’ve one son, Jonathan, Jr., a rising senior at Albany State College.
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