POSTED: Wednesday March 10th 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Albany Director of Athletics named United States Sports Academy Trustee

Dr. Lee A. McElroy Jr. was former president of NACDA

Dr. Lee A. McElroy, Jr. of the University at Albany in New York has been appointed to the United States Sports Academy’s Board of Trustees.

McElroy is the vice president for Athletics Administration and director of athletics at Albany, and a former president of the National Association of College Athletic Directors (NACDA). Albany’s student-athletes have an overall graduation rate of 84% since McElroy arrived, and the school’s teams have qualified for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) postseasons in men’s basketball, football, field hockey, volleyball, softball and baseball. Under his direction the school completed a $150 million athletic facilities plan and transitioned to the America East Conference.

McElroy served as a collegiate athletic director at four schools before coming to Albany in 2000—American University in Washington D.C., California State in Sacramento, University of the District of Columbia, and the University of Houston.
McElroy was a three-year letterman in football at UCLA and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1970. He earned his master’s in education in 1973 from the University of Southern California and earned his doctorate at the University of Houston in 1984.

The United States Sports Academy is an independent, nonprofit, accredited, special mission sports university created to serve the nation and world with programs in instruction, research and service. The role of the Academy is to prepare men and women for careers in the profession of sports. For more information about the Academy, call 251-626-3303 or visit www.ussa.edu.

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Name: Dave Lubach
Organization: United States Sports Academy
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Phone: 251-626-3303
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