Saturday, December 3, 2011

NCCU's Dr. Ingrid Wicker-McCree to be inducted in George Washington University Athletic Hall of Fame

Dr. Ingrid Wicker-McCree
Director of Athletics
North Carolina Central University
Washington, D.C. -- The George Washington University Department of Athletics and Recreation proudly announced Dec. 2, 2011, that eight inductees will comprise the GW Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2012. Mike Bassett, Tina Brown, Jack Kvancz, Ingrid (Wicker) McCree, Joe McKeown, Chris Monroe, Shawnta Rogers and the late Jim Tarr will be inducted on Saturday, February 18, when the men's basketball team plays host to Saint Joseph's.

Ingrid Wicker-McCree ('89) was a member of the George Washington women's volleyball team from 1985-89. After her career as a student-athlete with the Colonials, Wicker-McCree began her professional career as a two-sport coach before making the transition into athletic administration. Currently, Wicker-McCree serves as North Carolina Central University's Director of Athletics. She began her career at NCCU as the head coach of both the women's volleyball and softball programs, and became the first coach in school history to win conference championships in multiple sports with NCCU's first-ever conference titles in softball (1998) and volleyball (1999, 2004, 2005). Wicker-McCree is a three-time Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Volleyball Coach of the Year and she was inducted into the NCCU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004. Wicker-McCree received the CIAA Leadership Award for Service and was named the CIAA Senior Woman Administrator of the Year in the spring of 2006.

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