Julie Roe, NCAA director of enforcement, is among this year’s College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-America Hall of Fame inductees.

Roe, a basketball standout at Millikin, joins Diane Dietz, Michigan, basketball; Patrick Tyrance, Nebraska, football; Karch Kiraly, UCLA, volleyball; and Tom Clark, Mount Vernon Nazarene, basketball, as the 2009 class of inductees to be recognized at CoSIDA’s annual workshop June 22 in San Antonio.

Roe, a 1997 Millikin graduate with a degree in American studies, was a two-time first team Academic All-American and earned college-division Academic All-American of the Year honors as a senior. On the court, the Kodak all-American helped Millikin win four College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championships and make four consecutive NCAA Division III tournament appearances. A finalist for the 1997 NCAA Woman of the Year Award, Roe was a three-time first team all-conference selection and was chosen as the league’s most outstanding player in 1996 and 1997. She joined the NCAA national office staff as an intern immediately after graduating. Roe also earned a law degree from Indiana University’s Law School (Indianapolis campus) in 2004. From 1999 to 2004, she served as a director of student-athlete reinstatement. She’s been a director of enforcement the past five years.

Dietz was a four-year starter at Michigan, where she finished as the career scoring leader with 2,066 points. She earned a bachelor’s degree in general studies 1982 and three years later graduated cum laude with a law degree from Thomas Cooley Law School. Until she recently joined the Cranmore Educational Foundation, Dietz was a senior vice-president and senior director of public affairs for the Comcast Corporation.

Tyrance, an NCAA Top Six honoree and an NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient, graduated from Nebraska with a degree in biology (pre-med). He went on to earn a master’s degree in public policy and doctor of medicine from Harvard. He currently is among the top orthopedic surgeons in the Omaha, Nebraska, area.

Mount Vernon Nazarene’s Clark was a two-time academic all-America selection who earned a master’s degree in computer science from Portland State. Currently, the chief architect for storage software at IBM, he holds four U.S. patents.

Kiraly, the former UCLA volleyball standout and three-time Olympic gold medalist, is this year’s honorary inductee. Annually, a deserving candidate is inducted into the hall of fame whose college career preceded the Academic All-America program in their particular sport. Kiraly, who earned a bachelor’s degree in bio-chemistry from UCLA in 1983, was an NCAA Top Five and NCAA postgraduate scholarship winner. In addition to leading the Bruins to three national championships, the four-time all-American went on to play for the U.S. National Team from 1981-89 and also was a three-time beach volleyball world champion.