NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt Vice Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletic Director Candice Storey Lee has been appointed to serve on the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee it was announced Monday.
Lee will serve a five-year term that begins on Sept. 1, 2025.
“It’s a great honor to serve and support a sport that has meant so much to me personally and professionally,” said Lee. “I remember the thrill of competing with my teammates in the NCAA Tournament, and I look forward to being a part of a committee that helps make that dream come true for so many talented student-athletes.”
Lee has served as athletic director since May 21, 2020, and is also currently a member of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Competition Committee. She has also formerly served as a member of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Rules Committee and as chair of the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Committee.
A team captain, four-year letter winner, and five-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection as a member of the Vanderbilt’s women’s basketball team, Lee graduated from Vanderbilt with a bachelor’s degree in human and organizational development in 2000, received her master’s degree in counseling in 2002 and a doctorate in higher education administration in 2012.
She began her athletics administration career at Vanderbilt in 2002, serving first as an academic adviser and then compliance director. Lee was named the department’s senior woman administrator in 2004, a responsibility she held until 2020. She also assumed the title of deputy athletic director in 2016, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the athletic department and serving as the sport administrator for football and women’s basketball.
Lee—along with Jill Redmond from the Missouri Valley Conference and Maryland’s Colleen Sorem—will be part of the 12-member committee that will be chaired in 2025-26 by Amanda Braun, director of athletics at Milwaukee. Other committee members include Vicky Chun of Yale; Liz Darger of Brigham Young; Jill Bodensteiner of Saint Joseph’s (Pa.); Amy Folan of Central Michigan; Alex Gary of Western Carolina; Josh Heird of Louisville; Jeff Konya of San Jose State and Lynn Tighe of Villanova.
