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each of the past 10 years. The Hawks won the Cup in 1996-97. They
have had a 3.0 or higher in fourteen of the last sixteen semesters. This
past academic year, the average student-athlete GPA was 3.06.
Student-athlete and staff engagement has been important for Meiser.
She is past chair of the Greater Hartford Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Her appointment came at a critical time as the city opened a $350
million convention center. Meiser was named a Connecticut “Woman of
Merit” by the Girl Scouts in June 2000. She is a board member of both
the Connecticut Special Olympics and the YMCA. She is a former board
member of the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame. While serving in
2007, Meiser served as Co-Chair of the CWHF Gala that celebrated
the 35th anniversary of Title IX. The evening brought together four hundred
of the top female Olympians and national champions with ties to
the state of Connecticut.
Meiser has also been involved with various intercollegiate committees
and organizations at the conference, regional and national levels. She
serves on the Executive Committee of NACDA and is a past President of
the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association (NACDA), has been a
professional sport liaison, member of the soccer rules committee and active
as a NCAA Certification representative. Over the years, she has also
served a variety of roles in the America East Conference and is presently
chair of the Executive Committee.
Prior to joining the Hawks, Meiser was the associate athletics director
for administration and senior women’s administrator at the University of
Connecticut. During her 10 years at Connecticut, she played a pivotal
role in the rejuvenation of the athletics program.
Before arriving at Connecticut, Meiser was the head women’s basketball
coach and a tenured faculty member at Penn State (1971-81). She
gave the first women’s basketball scholarship at Penn State in 1974 and
advanced the program to Top-20 status in the late 1970s. In addition,
she coached the Gold Medal-winning East team in the inaugural 1979
National Sports Festival.
Meiser holds a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education
(1969) from West Chester University and a M.Ed. in education (1971)
and an MBA in business administration (1986) from Penn State. She is
a native of Lancaster, PA, and has four children: Katherine, 38, wife of
Jason Steadman of London; Christopher, 36, husband of Renee Jansen,
Boston; Julie, 34, wife of Robert Rioux of State College, PA; and Daniel,
31, West Hartford. She also three grandchildren, Lincoln (5) and Lyle
and Josephine, both one.
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