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NCAA Bylaw 4.02.4.1 states, “An institutional senior woman administrator is the highest ranking female involved with the management of an institution's intercollegiate athletics program. An institution with a female director of athletics may designate a different female involved with the management of the institution's program as a fifth representative to the NCAA governance  system.”

This involvement with management and the administration of programs includes making key decisions, formulating strategies and goals, and evaluating performance. The SWA should serve as a role model and resource to all student-athletes and coaches and be a spokesperson for the needs and interests of women athletes. Equally important is the support of gender equity and Title IX initiatives, as well as the review of the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act report.

It is important for each institution to recognize that the SWA position, while varied from campus to campus, is a very important one within the athletics department. Additionally, as each institution struggles to define the role as it pertains to their own specific situation, it is important to communicate throughout the department what those duties entail.