Princeton University Athletics
McDermott Named Assistant AD
September 18, 2000 | General
Sept. 18, 2000
Erin McDermott, a former Division I athlete whose career has taken her through stops in the national association for women's administrators and the Ivy League, has been named Assistant Director of Athletics at Princeton University.
McDermott's position is a newly created three-year position.
In addition, Mark Garneau has been named Director of Aquatics, another newly created position in the athletic department, while Jennifer Sewell has been named assistant softball coach.
McDermott comes to Princeton from Columbia, where she spent three years as the assistant director of compliance at the fellow Ivy school. Among her responsibilities at Columbia was oversight for recruiting and authorizing initial-eligibility for first-year athletes through the NCAA Clearinghouse. Her role at Princeton will include intercollegiate programming, compliance and any special projects that arise.
Prior to working at Columbia, McDermott worked at the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA) at the national office in San Francisco. She spent one year at NACWAA, with responsibilities ranging from programming to public relations.
McDermott is a 1994 graduate of Hofstra, where she was captain of the women's basketball team and the winner of the school's senior scholar-athlete award. She holds a master's degree in sports science from Massachusetts.
Garneau comes to Princeton from Louisiana State, where he spent the last year as the aquatic director, supervising five pools. He also spent four years as assistant director of recreational sports at Mississippi State. He holds a bachelor's degree from Lowell and master's degree from William and Mary, and he is pursuing his Ph.D.
Sewell comes to Princeton after being a four-year letterwinner at Ohio as a catcher. She joins the staff of first-year coach Maureen Davies.