Brenda Hampton Position: Director of Athletics Institution: Iowa Western

Brenda Hampton is in her sixth year as Iowa Western's Athletic Director. She provides leadership for 17 sports programs and has overseen the expansion of nine Reiver sports programs in the last five years with the addition of men and women's soccer, men and women's golf, men and women's cross country, men and women's indoor/outdoor track & field and competitive cheerleading.

In her short tenure, Hampton has seen a record setting 36 student-athletes named NJCAA Academic All-Americans. During the last five years, the men's basketball team has produced five NJCAA All-Americans; women's soccer has also produced five, along with volleyball-three, baseball-three, women's basketball-one, men's soccer-one, and softball-one.

Two years ago Hampton submitted a bid (and won) to the NJCAA Championship Events Committee to bring the NJCAA Division I Volleyball National Tournament to Council Bluffs and the Mid-America Center. Serving as the Tournament Director, Hampton directed close to 1000 staffers and volunteers in planning and organizing the tournament. The tournament was a huge success embraced by the coaches, players, fans and the community of Council Bluffs.

Hampton serves on the NJCAA Executive Committee and as the NJCAA Region XI Women's Regional Director. Hampton also serves on the Executive Board of the National Alliance of Two Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA) and is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).

Prior to her duties as Athletic Director, Hampton was at the helm of the Reiver Volleyball program for 15 years. She compiled a 504-199 overall record (.717 winning percentage) while guiding the Reivers to twelve 30-win seasons, three straight trips to the National Junior College Athletic Association Championships (1999, 2000, 2001) and numerous regional and district titles. In November of 2006, Hampton was selected to the NJCAA Volleyball Coaches Hall of Fame.

Hampton earned a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degree from Chadron State College and her Master's Degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.