The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has selected Frank Windegger, former director of athletics at Texas Christian University and past NACDA president, as the recipient of the 23rd NACDA/NIT Athletics Director Award.

Windegger will be honored at NACDA's annual convention June 11-14 in Dallas.

Windegger's career in collegiate athletics began the first day he set foot on the TCU campus as a freshman, more than 40 years ago. While at TCU, Windegger excelled at baseball and was the university's first baseball player to have his number retired. After a two-year stint in the Army, Windegger returned to TCU and joined the coaching ranks. In 1959, he was selected as assistant ticket manager and assistant baseball coach. Three years later, he was named ticket manager and head baseball coach. Windegger led the Horned Frogs to four Southwest Conference championships and six second-place finishes.

Windegger also held the position of business manager of athletics (1965-74) and assistant athletics director (1967-74). A year after stepping down as baseball coach, Windegger was named athletics director in 1975, a position he held until his retirement in 1998.

Windegger served on several NCAA committees, including the Baseball Committee (1970-72), the Men's Basketball Committee (1981-88) and the NCAA Council (1990-93).

"To receive this award from my peers and colleagues puts an exclamation point on my career," he said. "My involvement with NACDA has been one of the most rewarding episodes of my athletics life."

Past winners

Former recipients of the NACDA/NIT Athletics Directors Award:

2003 -- Chuck Boone, University of Richmond

2002 -- Fred Jacoby, Southwest Conference

2001 -- Arnie Ferrin, University of Utah

2000 -- Gary Cunningham, University of California, Santa Barbara

1999 -- Jack Lengyel, U.S. Naval Academy

1998 -- Frank Rienzo, Georgetown University

1997 -- Glen Tuckett, Brigham Young University

1996 -- John Kaiser, St. John's University (New York)

1995 -- Carl James, Big Eight Conference

1994 -- Scott Whitelaw, Eastern College Athletic Conference

1993 -- Tom Butters, Duke University

1992 -- C.M. Newton, University of Kentucky

1991 -- Bill Flynn, Boston College

1990 -- Pete Carlesimo, National Invitation Tournament

1989 -- Carl Maddox, Mississippi State University

1988 -- Bob Woodruff, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

1987 -- Ken Norton, Manhattan College

1986 -- Bill Orwig, Indiana University, Bloomington

1985 -- Ben Carnevale, College of William and Mary

1984 -- Ray Meyer, DePaul University

1983 -- Walter McLaughlin, St. John's University (New York)

1982 -- Bud Jack, University of Utah