VSU'S PEGGY DAVIS ELECTED CIAA PRESIDENT
 Jim Junot 
Peggy Davis, Athletic Director at Virginia State University, has been
elected President of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. 
Davis becomes the third female President in the 96-year history of the
CIAA.
  VSU Photo
Davis will replace Alfonza Carter as President for the two-year term. 
She has served as Vice-President in 2007-08.
 
Davis is entering her sixth full year as Virginia State University's
Director of Athletics, Peggy Davis continues to enrich a proud legacy of
Trojan athletics. Davis, for the second consecutive year, was named the
CIAA Athletic Director of the Year this past May. 
 
Under Davis' leadership the VSU Athletics Department was honored by
the university and awarded the Governor's Excellence Outstanding Team
award. In 2005 she received the Jeannette A. Lee Athletic Administrator
Achievement Award. Davis has overseen the Trojan athletic program since
July 10, 2003.
 
Prior to her current position of athletic director, Davis served as the
women's head basketball coach, associate athletic director and senior
woman administrator.
 
Davis has been at the helm of a VSU sports program which has won seven
CIAA Conference Championships and four NCAA Tournament bids in five
years. Six Head Coaches have been awarded the CIAA Coach of the Year
under her leadership. 
 
She has witnessed many improvements to the athletic facilities at VSU. 
Renovation began in 2004 with the installation of new electronic
bleachers in Daniel Gymnasium and a new playing court surface. The
campus continues to see improvements to Rogers Football Stadium,
including a renovated press box, new locker rooms, weight room,
coach's offices and President's Suite. The improvements to the
VSU Tennis Complex from three regulation courts to nine, and upgrades to
Whaley Colbert Field on the VSU campus, home of the 2007 and 2008 CIAA
Champion Virginia State University baseball team.
 
Many great highlights have taken place under Davis' athletic
leadership, including the men's program winning the C.H. Williams
All-Sports Award for excellence in the men's sports programs in 2008.
The women's sports program was awarded the Loretta Taylor All-Sports
Award for excellence in the women's sports programs in 2004. Davis
also started the $1,000 Trojan Athletic Fundraising Club.
 
Davis' career at VSU has been dedicated to encouraging hard work and
producing results. Her tenure as women's head basketball coach
yielded many accolades for the Lady Trojans. In 2000-2001 she guided
Virginia State University to a CIAA Eastern Division crown. In 2001-02
she led the Lady Trojans to the CIAA Eastern Division title, the CIAA
Tournament Championship and a berth in the NCAA Division II Regional
Tournament. It was there that the Lady Trojans downed Presbyterian
College in the first round, marking the first NCAA Tournament win ever
for a VSU women's basketball team.
 
During the 2002 CIAA Tournament, the Lady Trojans received the John B.
McLendon Sportsmanship Award, which recognized their outstanding
sportsmanship throughout the tournament.
 
Davis' coaching career is decorated with several history-making
events. Before coming to VSU in 1997, Davis was the head basketball
coach at Angelo State University in San Angelo, TX. She led the
'Belles to a regular-season and Lone Star Conference Tournament
championship.
 
Under her direction, Angelo State also advanced to the NCAA Division II
Regional Tournament for the first time in school history.
 
Before taking the reins of the Angelo State women's basketball
program, Davis was the head women's basketball coach at her alma
mater, Howard Payne University. While at HPU, Davis guided the Yellow
Jackets to a Texas Intercollegiate Association Championship. In 1996
Davis was inducted into the HPU Sports Hall of Fame.
 
In 2007 Davis was named to the Lone Star Conference's 75th
Anniversary Basketball Team for her achievements as a player while at
Howard Payne University.
 
In the three conferences that Davis has served as a head coach, she has
been named "Coach of the Year" in each. She has served on numerous
NCAA Committees.
 
Davis is currently Vice-President of the CIAA Executive Committee and
is a member of the CIAA Tournament Committee. She is also a member of
National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators
(NACWAA), National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics
(NACDA) and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).
 
Davis is a native of Bastrop, TX, and received her Bachelor's degree
from Howard Payne University. She received her Master's Degree from
Tarleton State University. Davis and her husband, Thomas, have two
daughters, Courtney (18) and Taylor (12).