CSUDH’s Ron Prettyman Named 2003-04 Division II West Region NACDA Athletics Director of the Year
Awards ceremony to take place at NACDA's 39th annual convention on June 12
June 10, 2004

Dallas, TX -- CSUDH Athletics Director Ron Prettyman has been named the 2003-04 Division II West Region Athletics Director of the year, it was announced by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).

CSUDH Athletics Director Ron Prettyman has been named the 2003-04 Division II West Region Athletics Director of the year.

Prettyman will receive his award, which highlights the efforts of athletics directors for their commitment and positive contributions to campuses and their surrounding communities, at the James J. Corbett Awards Luncheon at NACDA’s 39th Annual Convention in Dallas, TX, on June 12.

Prettyman began his tenure as Athletics Director at Cal State Dominguez Hills in April 1995. During his nine years on the Carson campus, he has expanded the program from eight sports to its current level of eleven, oversaw and coordinated the acquisition of the Hughes Education and Athletics Center, and was instrumental in the efforts to bring the Home Depot Center on the campus of CSUDH.

An active member of the NACDA, Prettyman is a former member of the NCAA Nominating Committee and the NACDA Executive Committee, is a past President of the NCAA Division II Athletic Directors Association as well as a three-time presenter at the NACDA National Convention. In addition, he served as the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) President during the 2001-02 school year.

Prettyman is very active with organizations on and off campus, which includes serving on the Board of Directors for the local Carson Boys & Girls Club as well as serving as the chairman of the CCAA Management Committee. Currently, he serves on the NCAA Olympic Sports Liaison Committee and is a member of the United States Sports Academy Directors Cup Board of Directors.

Prettyman received his bachelor's degree in health, physical education from Southern California College in 1977, where he played basketball for three years and tennis for two. He then earned his master's degree in education from Cal State Stanislaus in 1988.

A resident of Los Alamitos, Ron and Carol, his wife of 27 years, have two children together, Shara and Ronnie. Ronnie is currently on a baseball scholarship at NCAA Division I power Cal State Fullerton and was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers during this year’s Major League Baseball draft.

“I am honored and humbled to have received this award from my colleagues, peers and friends,” says Prettyman. “The only way an Athletics Director can achieve success is to have quality people around him. I am grateful to my staff and coaches for their support and for being willing to go the extra mile. It is great to work with CSUDH senior administrators who are supportive of me and understand the value of a quality Athletics Department in a quality university.

“The great rewards of the job come from seeing our student-athletes obtain their degrees, compete at their utmost potential and become positive contributors to our society.

“Most of all, I am thankful for my family, my wife Carol, my daughter Shara and my son Ronnie. They have put up with extensive travel and days away from home, and thousands of weekends and nights at events and activities. This award is truly one of the highlights of my 22-year career as an Athletics Director."

Now in its 39th year, NACDA is the professional and educational association for more than 6,100 college athletics directors, associates, assistants and conference commissioners at more than 1,600 institutions throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada. Prettyman’s award “brings to light the exceptional job done by athletics directors across the country,” says NACDA Executive Director Mike Cleary.