We are happy that she brings with her a Division I playing and coaching background and understands what it takes to build a program. I feel that she truly captures the vision the university has about college athletics and how it relates to academics.

We had a lot of interest in the job, and I wound up interviewing six people for the position. We just felt that Dee was what we were looking for, and it all kind of happened so fast between the interview and her accepting our offer.