Northern Kentucky University Athletics

After a successful coaching career in the sports of volleyball, women’s basketball and softball, Meier stepped into the role of athletic director at NKU in 1988. Under Meier’s leadership, NKU won two NCAA Division II national championships and captured 20 regional titles. NKU also won 61 Great Lakes Valley Conference regular-season or tournament championships during her tenure. Before 1988, NKU had a total of 17 NCAA Tournament appearances. After Meier’s arrival as athletic director, NKU sported 76 NCAA Tournament appearances. Included in that total are 13 trips to the NCAA Division II Final Four. Meier also oversaw the NKU basketball programs’ transition from Regents Hall into The Bank of Kentucky Center. NKU opened the 9,400-seat, state-of-the-art facility with an exhibition basketball doubleheader against the University of Louisville on Nov. 8, 2008. Two other NKU athletics facilities - The Frank Ignatius Grein Softball Field and The Joyce Yeager Tennis Complex – were also built on campus during Meier’s tenure. During her coaching career, Meier led NKU’s volleyball program to the university’s first-ever GLVC championship in 1985. Meier also guided the NKU volleyball team to the 1981 NCAA Division II Tournament after the program had left the AIAW for the NCAA.