Pioneer Student-Athlete Degree Completion Award Fund
-- A permanent endowment funded by Sara Lillevand to support activities leading to completion of an undergraduate degree by students who have exhausted their NCAA eligibility for college athletics
During her 17 years in Pioneer Athletics, Sara Lillevand served as head women's basketball coach (1997-2008) and senior associate athletics director for compliance (2008-2013), where she helped guide Pioneer Athletics through the complex process of regaining membership in NCAA Division II and the California Collegiate Athletic Association. She also served as senior women's administrator and Athletic Director for Pioneer Athletics for one year before she accepted a position as Director of Recreation for the City of Piedmont.
Ms. Judd's honors include the 2013 Division II Administrator of the Year award by the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA).