2019 NACDA and Affiliates Annual Convention

Jan Hathorn
Diretor of Athletics
Washington & Lee University


Jan Hathorn completed her 13th year as the Michael F. Walsh Director of Athletics at Washington and Lee University during the 2019-20 school year. She is the first woman and just the seventh Athletics Director in school history. Under Hathorn's direction, the Generals have won better than 60 percent of their athletic contests and 97 conference championships. Additionally, W&L has been awarded the Dan Wooldridge Champions Cup as the top overall athletic program in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference following all 13 of her years as athletic director. During Hathorn's time as Director of Athletics, W&L has featured some of the best year's in the history of the school. In 2018-19, Washington and Lee won a league-record 13 Old Dominion Athletic Conference championships and swept all three of the ODAC's Director's Cups as the top overall athletics program, along with the top male and female athletic programs. W&L finished with a 204-101-4 (.667) overall record and competed in NCAA team and individual competition in 12 different sports. During her time as Director of Athletics, Hathorn has also fostered tremendous academic success by student-athletes, as evidenced by a record 335 students earning scholar-athlete status during the 2018-19 school year. A total of 15 students have also been awarded the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship on her watch, while countless others have been named to a variety of Academic All-America teams. Hathorn began her appointment as no stranger to W&L, having served as the women's lacrosse coach for 19 seasons and as the women's soccer coach for 14 seasons. She had also been an assistant athletic director and the University's Director of Physical Education since 2002.

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