Bowling Green State University Athletics
Marcia Saneholtz To Be Inducted Into Athletics Hall Of Fame
September 21, 2015 | Hall of Fame
Bowling Green, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University Athletics Department will induct the 49th class into the Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 9 at 6:30 pm in the Stroh Center. Tickets for the ceremony can be purchased through the BGSU Ticket Office and full details are available by CLICKING HERE. The class of five inductees was announced earlier this fall and that story can be read by CLICKING HERE.
Among the five inductees is Marcia Saneholtz, a women's basketball player at Bowling Green and longtime administrator in college athletics.
"Marcia has been an integral part of building a tradition and maintaining a culture of excellence for the women's basketball program," BGSU head coach Jennifer Roos said. "The experiences that she gained at BGSU, she readily applied to her outstanding athletic administration career at Washington State University."
A native of Napoleon, Ohio, Saneholtz played women's basketball at BGSU from 1962-64 but her contributions to college athletics reach far beyond her playing days. Following her time at Bowling Green, she went on to have a distinguished career as an administrator at Washington State from 1979 until her retirement in 2007.
Saneholtz is recognized as a long-time proponent of gender equity and a champion for Olympic sports. She served as the National Association of College Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA) president from 1992-93 and was on the board of directors from 1987-94. She was named NACWAA Administrator of the Year in 1997 and received the NACWAA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. Saneholtz earned the National Association for Girls and Women in Sports (NAGWS) Pathfinder Award in 2001 and was named the Woman of Distinction at Washington State in 2003.
Saneholtz served on numerous NCAA and Pacific 10 Conference committees, including the Committee on Women's Athletics (2001-05), the Women's Division I Volleyball Committee (1993-99 and chair from 1996-99), the Committee on Athletic Certification (1993-99), the President's Commission Liaison Committee (1992-96) and the Women's Committee on Committees (1989-92). She also served two terms as the Pacific 10 Conference vice president.
Saneholtz was recognized with the Washington State University Association of Faculty Women Samuel H. Smith Leadership Award in 2007, the Inland Northwest Sports Hall of Fame Scroll of Honor in 2009 and the Napoleon High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame in 2010.
Upon her retirement, Washington State's volleyball court was renamed Marcia Saneholtz Court in her honor. In 2005, Saneholtz returned to BGSU to receive a varsity letter in recognition of her pioneering role as an intercollegiate athlete.
"I am incredibly humbled and honored," Saneholtz said. "Playing on the first women's intercollegiate basketball team in 1962 was meaningful and important to those of us who were fortunate enough to play. Bowling Green has always been a special place for me – a great academic institution with wonderful faculty. I've always greatly valued my years there."
Saneholtz received her degree from BGSU in 1964 in health, physical education and biology.
Among the five inductees is Marcia Saneholtz, a women's basketball player at Bowling Green and longtime administrator in college athletics.
"Marcia has been an integral part of building a tradition and maintaining a culture of excellence for the women's basketball program," BGSU head coach Jennifer Roos said. "The experiences that she gained at BGSU, she readily applied to her outstanding athletic administration career at Washington State University."
A native of Napoleon, Ohio, Saneholtz played women's basketball at BGSU from 1962-64 but her contributions to college athletics reach far beyond her playing days. Following her time at Bowling Green, she went on to have a distinguished career as an administrator at Washington State from 1979 until her retirement in 2007.
Saneholtz is recognized as a long-time proponent of gender equity and a champion for Olympic sports. She served as the National Association of College Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA) president from 1992-93 and was on the board of directors from 1987-94. She was named NACWAA Administrator of the Year in 1997 and received the NACWAA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. Saneholtz earned the National Association for Girls and Women in Sports (NAGWS) Pathfinder Award in 2001 and was named the Woman of Distinction at Washington State in 2003.
Saneholtz served on numerous NCAA and Pacific 10 Conference committees, including the Committee on Women's Athletics (2001-05), the Women's Division I Volleyball Committee (1993-99 and chair from 1996-99), the Committee on Athletic Certification (1993-99), the President's Commission Liaison Committee (1992-96) and the Women's Committee on Committees (1989-92). She also served two terms as the Pacific 10 Conference vice president.
Saneholtz was recognized with the Washington State University Association of Faculty Women Samuel H. Smith Leadership Award in 2007, the Inland Northwest Sports Hall of Fame Scroll of Honor in 2009 and the Napoleon High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame in 2010.
Upon her retirement, Washington State's volleyball court was renamed Marcia Saneholtz Court in her honor. In 2005, Saneholtz returned to BGSU to receive a varsity letter in recognition of her pioneering role as an intercollegiate athlete.
"I am incredibly humbled and honored," Saneholtz said. "Playing on the first women's intercollegiate basketball team in 1962 was meaningful and important to those of us who were fortunate enough to play. Bowling Green has always been a special place for me – a great academic institution with wonderful faculty. I've always greatly valued my years there."
Saneholtz received her degree from BGSU in 1964 in health, physical education and biology.
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