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	August 29, 2002 Audrey Phillips Named Assistant Athletics Director at Lock Haven

	(Lock Haven, Pa.) - The Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania Department of Athletics has named Audrey Phillips to assume the newly created position of Assistant Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator. Phillips’ duties will include assisting in the coordination of daily operations with a focus on addressing gender and ethnic issues within the department. Other responsibilities are to include academic program development, student educational programs, promotional activities, facility usage, and event management. “We are all excited about what Audrey Phillips brings to the position,” said University President Craig Dean Willis. “Her experience and expertise in several areas of athletic administration will be a great asset to the Department of Athletics and the entire University.” “Having Audrey Phillips in our athletics department will allow us to expand our programming and support services for student-athletes,” said Director of Athletics Sharon Taylor. “She’s an excellent addition to our faculty.” Phillips comes to Lock Haven from Auburn University, where she served as an Academic Counselor in Student Athlete Support Services for the past seven years. Working with women’s basketball and volleyball from 1996 through 1999 and men’s basketball from 1996 to the present, she created the Academic Mentor program for first-year students and students with learning disabilities, coordinated academic and student development support services, and provided counseling for assigned academically and socially at-risk student-athletes.	LHU Assistant Director of Athletics Audrey Phillips
	She was the coordinator of Auburn University’s CHAMPS/Life Skills student development program for four years (1996-99). In that role, Phillips implemented the TigerCHAMPS program and published Tigers Roar, a newsletter and academic support resource manual. Since 1999, Phillips has served as the owner and consultant for The Learning Tree: A Student Development Consulting Service. The service provides academic and test-taking assistance for individuals preparing for standardized college entrance exams and facilitates leadership and diversity training programs. Prior to those experiences, Phillips worked as an Academic Monitor in the Auburn Department of Athletics (1993-96), as an advisor in the Office of Student Activities at Jacksonville State University (1991-93), and as a counselor at Coosa Valley Youth Services (1991-93) in Anniston, Alabama. She has gained numerous teaching experiences, having served as an instructor with Auburn University’s Freshman Year Experience & Students in Transition and a teaching assistant in Auburn’s Counseling and Counseling Psychology Department. Phillips earned a bachelor’s of science degree in Marketing and a bachelor’s of arts in English from Jacksonville State University in 1987. She earned her master’s degree in Counseling from Jacksonville State in 1993, and at present is a doctoral candidate in Administration in Higher Education at Auburn University. She is a member of several administrative organizations, including the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA), the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics (N4A), the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA), and the Southern Association of College Student Affairs (SACSA).
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