Valerie B Ackerman was born on November 7,1959 and is an American sports executive, former lawyer, and former basketball player.
15 Facts About Val Ackerman
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Val Ackerman is the current commissioner of the Big East Conference.
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Val Ackerman is best known for being the first president of the Women's National Basketball Association, serving from 1996 to 2005.
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Val Ackerman was born in 1959 in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, but grew up in Pennington, New Jersey, United States.
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Val Ackerman's grandfather was director of athletics for Trenton State College, and her father was director of athletics at Ackerman's own high school.
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Val Ackerman was inducted into the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1997.
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Val Ackerman was a 1979 student initiate of Omicron Delta Kappa from the University of Virginia, where she graduated in 1981.
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Val Ackerman was among the school's first female students to receive an athletic scholarship.
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Val Ackerman was a starter all four years, captain three years, and twice named Academic All-American for the women's basketball team; she was the school's first basketball player to score 1,000 points.
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In 2006, Val Ackerman was named the US delegate to the Central Board of the International Basketball Federation, which is basketball's worldwide governing body, and was elected for a second four-year term in 2010.
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Also in 2013, Ackerman received USA Basketball's Edward S Steitz Award.
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Val Ackerman was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.
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Val Ackerman has been inducted into the International Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame; received the National Women of Distinction Award from Girl Scouts of the USA; and was granted a Women And Sport Achievement Diploma by the International Olympic Committee.
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In November 2012, Val Ackerman was hired by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to study the women's game and come up with recommendations for improvement.
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Val Ackerman conveyed preliminary conclusions in a presentation at a Women's Basketball Coaches Association convention, and followed up with a formal written report in June 2013.