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Pitt AD Heather Lyke receives Cushman & Wakefield Athletics Director of the Year Award

PITTSBURGH — Pitt athlete director Heather Lyke received the Cushman & Wakefield Athletics Director of the Year Award the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) announced on Monday.

The award goes to athletic directors who show their efforts to create positive improvements for their student athletes, campuses and the surrounding communities of which they serve. Lyke joins four other athletic directors who work in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) with Utah’s Mark Harlan, Kansas State’s Gene Taylor and Iowa State’s Jamie Pollard.

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