University of Georgia Athletics
Darrice Griffin Named McLendon Minority Scholarship Winner
May 29, 2018 | General
ATHENS, Ga. — Darrice Griffin, the University of Georgia Athletic Association's Deputy Director of Administration, has been named one of 10 recipients of the minority scholarship award from the John McLendon Minority Scholarship Foundation.
As part of the honor, Griffin will take part in the LEAD1 Association's three-day educational forum. Each year, senior level associate athletics directors nominated by their universities' athletics directors attend the program with the focus of preparing participants for careers in athletics administration. This year's forum will be held July 16-18 at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.
"I am excited to have been entrusted with the professional development opportunity to participate in the LEAD1 Institute," Griffin said. "I am equally grateful to have been selected as one of the recipients of the John McLendon Minority Scholarship. I am humbled by the generosity and thrilled to share this learning space with leading minds in higher education and college athletics."
Griffin joined the University of Georgia Athletic Association this past December and has an extensive background as an athletics administrator. Before her time at Georgia, Griffin was promoted to Deputy Director of Athletics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst after serving as Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Internal Operations/Senior Woman Administrator.
Prior to her arrival there, Griffin spent the previous six years (2010-2015) at Columbia University, including the last four as Associate Athletics Director for Intercollegiate Sports Programs. In that role, she oversaw a number of Columbia's sports programs, was the University's liaison to Barnard College — Columbia's partner institution in New York City — and was responsible for gender and diversity initiatives within the department of athletics.
A native of Seagraves, Texas, Griffin was a standout basketball student-athlete at Texas Tech, graduating in 2007 with cum laude honors in psychology. She was a four-time recipient of the Texas Tech Student-Athlete Merit Award, a two-time Academic All-Big 12 Conference honoree and was named an Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar in 2007.
Joining Griffin at this year's LEAD1 Forum will be nine other McClendon Scholarship winners — Marcus Blossom (Boston College), Gaylor Greene (Army West Point), James Hall (New Mexico State), China Jude (Queens College), Mario Morris (Wisconsin), Keiko Price (Illinois), Nona Richardson (Utah), Randale Richmond (Old Dominion) and Ayo Taylor-Dixon (Georgia Tech).
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About the LEAD1 Association: The LEAD1 Association's membership consists of the athletic directors representing the 131 universities that make up the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). LEAD1's Mission: shaping the rules of college sports; advocating for their future; and providing services to its members. By supporting the athletic directors of America's leading intercollegiate sports programs and the personal development of student-athletes, LEAD1 prepares today's students to be tomorrow's leaders. For more information, please visit our website at www.LEAD1Association.com.
About the John McLendon Minority Scholarship Foundation: The John McLendon Minority Foundation is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization Founded and Administered by NACDA that provides educational opportunities and serves as a vehicle for networking, information and advocacy on behalf of the profession. If you have any questions regarding this program, please visit www.mclendonminorityfoundation.com.
