[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 14, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E593]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              TRIBUTE TO NCSU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DEBBIE YOW

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                          HON. DAVID E. PRICE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 14, 2019

  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Dr. Debbie Yow, Athletic Director at North Carolina State University 
(NCSU), who is retiring this month. Dr. Yow joined the Wolfpack in 2010 
with the responsibility of leading the athletics department of the 
largest university in North Carolina. In her eight-year tenure, Dr. Yow 
has worked to make NCSU's athletics department one of the best in the 
nation--both in the classroom and in competition.
  Dr. Yow's tenure as the athletic director has been marked by the 
unprecedented academic success of NCSU's student-athletes. This past 
year, an all-time high of 59 NCSU student-athletes were named academic 
All-Americans. Overall, the students reached a record graduation rate. 
Under Dr. Yow's tenure, the Wolfpack also made remarkable improvements 
in competition. In the last three years, an average of 79 students were 
named competitive All-Americans, an all-time high for NCSU student-
athletes. From 2010-12, the school made the biggest single jump of any 
Atlantic Coast Conference school in history, improving from No. 89 to 
No. 37 in NACDA rankings.
  Dr. Yow has received numerous accolades for her outstanding 
leadership. The National Association of Collegiate Directors of 
Athletics recently selected her as the 2018-19 Under Armour Athletic 
Director of the Year and named her the 2019 James J. Corbett Memorial 
Award Recipient, which is the highest honor one can achieve in 
collegiate athletics administration. Both Street and Smith's Sports 
Business Journal and the Chronicle of Higher Education have cited Dr. 
Yow as one of the 20 most influential people in college athletics. 
Additionally, she was selected to serve on the President's U.S. 
Department of Education Commission on Opportunities in Athletics, to 
review the status of Federal Title IX regulations, and was inducted 
into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
  Prior to serving as athletic director at NCSU, Dr. Yow served as 
athletic director at University of Maryland, where she was the first 
female athletic director in the ACC. Before becoming an administrator, 
she served as the women's basketball coach at University of Kentucky, 
Oral Roberts University, and the University of Florida. Yow also served 
as a high school coach at Williams High (Burlington, NC) and Eastern 
Guilford High (Gibsonville, NC). She received a bachelor's degree from 
Elon University and a master's degree from Liberty University. Yow also 
has been awarded honorary doctorates from Elon, Liberty and the United 
States Sports Academy.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Dr. 
Debbie Yow for her outstanding contributions to NC State University and 
to thousands of student athletes.

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