ECAC Awards Terry Wansart with Distinguished Service Award
Watch full interview.
DANBURY, Conn. – The ECAC is proud to honor Terry Wansart with its Distinguished Service to Intercollegiate Athletics Award, for her very valuable contributions to the industry over the course of the past four decades.
Terry has served as Athletic Director at Hunter College for an astounding 37 years–which is virtually unheard of in this industry. The Hunter program has become a juggernaut under her leadership, and the class of the CUNYAC Conference. Hunter has taken home ten Commissioner’s Cups since the inception of that award in 1997. While fiercely competitive, she still considers herself an educator first. The GPA of her teams typically exceed the student body average. Terry is an active participant on NCAA Committees and has served on the prestigious NCAA Division III Management Council.
The ECAC Board created this award in 2024 to be conveyed annually, to honor an individual whose contributions over time have made an indelible mark on the field of intercollegiate athletics, with respect to their achievements, leadership, vision, dedication, collegiality and mentorship. The recipient's career must have some connection to the ECAC.
As a part of the award, a long form interview is conducted with the recipient covering his or her career and impact. ECAC Commissioner Dan Coonan's interview with Wansart can be viewed at
ECAC Distinguished Service Award. In the interview, Terry discusses her career and impact, offers some thoughts on the future of intercollegiate athletics and provides some advice for people entering the field today.
The ECAC would like to thank Terry for her enduring and consequential contributions to the field of intercollegiate athletics, and for sitting for this interview and receiving this honor.
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