CLEVELAND, Ohio – The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) today announced that College of Idaho Vice President of Athletics Reagan Rossi is one of 28 winners of the 2022-23 Cushman & Wakefield Athletic Director of the Year Award. Rossi is one of four honorees from the NAIA as the award encompasses the entire college sports landscape (NCAA FBS, FCS, Division I-AAA, II, III, NAIA/Other Four-Year Institutions and Junior College/Community Colleges).
Rossi is in her eighth season leading the athletic department and has been with The College of Idaho for 23 years. She will be recognized in conjunction with the 58th Annual NACDA & Affiliates Convention at the World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Florida, at the beginning of the association-wide featured session on Tuesday, June 13, starting at 4 p.m.
Among her department's accomplishments in 2022-23, The College of Idaho men's basketball team won the program's second national championship, the women's soccer team reached the second round of the 2022 NAIA National Tournament for the first time in program history and the women's cross country team went on to its fourth top-three finish in program history at the 2022 NAIA Cross Country Championships.
In the classroom, 47 student-athletes have received NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete recognition with five going on to receive College Sports Communicators Academic All-American honors.
In 2021-22, she was not only named the NAIA Athletic Director of the Year, but was also recognized as the Cascade Collegiate Conference Athletic Director of the Year for the second-straight year, and the third time in four years.
Rossi has worked with the College's development team to establish an Athletics Give Day, "Clash of the Coyotes," and the Go Purple Steak Feed which combined to raise over $200,000 annually. She also led her team in the formation of the "Come Win With Us" campaign, driving the branding and marketing of the athletic department.
She has served the NAIA in a myriad of roles. Currently, she serves on the Executive Committee of the NAIA Athletic Director Association. She is also on the NAIA's National Administrative Council and currently serves as the Chair of the Women's Volleyball Selection Committee, as well as other task forces and committees.
In the Caldwell community, she serves on the Destination Caldwell Board as the President, to go along with serving on the Caldwell Business Improvement District Board. These boards have been instrumental in working with the City of Caldwell in the transformation of downtown Caldwell.