Jane Meier has left her mark on Northern Kentucky as both a three-sport coach and one of the nation’s first female athletic directors. Meier began her career at NKU in 1978 as head volleyball coach and guided the Norse to the GLVC Championship in 1985 – the first GLVC title in school history. She would later become the softball and women’s basketball coach before becoming NKU’s athletic director in 1988. Under Meier’s leadership, NKU won two NCAA Division II national titles and captured 20 regional crowns. The Norse also won 61 GLVC regular-season or tournament championships during her tenure. Meier was also lauded for her leadership in the improvement in NKU basketball, softball and tennis facilities, as well as the six GLVC All-Sports Trophies and 11 postgraduate scholarship winners earned under her watch. Meier has long had the respect of her peers as well. The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics chose Meier as a recipient of the 2003-04 Athletic Director of the Year Award, while the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association named her the 2000-01 National Administrator of the Year.