Chris Voelz, Executive Director of the Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) presented by Honda, announced today the appointment of Christina Turner to the CWSA Board of Directors. Turner, Chief of Staff of Women Leaders in College Sports joins the CWSA Board of Directors as an organization representative.

“We welcome Christina Turner, the Chief of Staff for CEO Patti Phillips and the Women Leaders, as she joins The Collegiate Women Sports Awards Board of Directors,” said Voelz. “We have long had a great relationship with the Women Leaders of College Sports and are always happy to have them at our table. We count on a continuing relationship with mutual support of our great organizations.”

"I am thrilled and honored to represent Women Leaders in College Sports and serve on the CWSA Honda Cup Board of Directors,” stated Turner. “The opportunity to serve on a board that is dedicated to recognizing the accomplishments of female athletes is a great privilege and aligns directly with our organization’s mission, and my personal passion to promote women in sports.”

The Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) program recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding female student-athletes in NCAA-member institutions throughout the United States. The CWSA has honored the nation’s top NCAA women athletes for 41 years, recognizing superior athletic skills, leadership, academic excellence and eagerness to participate in community service.  

Turner joined the Women Leaders team in July 2018 and is responsible for serving as an advisor to the chief executive officer, facilitating the organization’s vision, and enabling other members of the leadership team to work together and get decisions at the top made faster.

Prior to coming on board full time, Christina was one of Women Leaders most active members. Since 2016, she has led the Women Leaders Membership Committee, and in 2015, she graduated from the NCAA/Women Leaders Institute for Administrative Advancement. She has also presented twice at the Women Leaders National Convention on new member engagement.

Christina comes to the Women Leaders team from Colgate University where she was assistant athletic director for administration, director of recreation and chair of physical education. She had been working within Colgate’s Division of Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics since June 2011 and had been promoted twice.

In Christina's assistant athletic director role, she managed several aspects of the division’s internal operations and oversaw a team of eight full-time staff, more than 25 part-time employee, and 50 student employees. Turner also oversaw the division's human resources administration (new hire searches, employee on-boarding, job descriptions, performance reviews) and participated in the development and maintenance of university HR policies and procedures. In her role as director of recreation and chair of physical education, Turner oversaw the comprehensive collegiate recreation program that provides recreation opportunities for the entire campus community.

Prior to Colgate, Christina worked with the Campus Recreation and Wellness Department at East Carolina University while pursuing her master’s degree in Exercise and Sport Science. Turner attended Eastern Connecticut State University as an undergrad and was a four-year member of the women’s basketball program. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Sport Management.

"We welcome Christina Turner as our latest new CWSA Board member,” stated Jeanne Lenti Ponsetto, Chair of the CWSA Board of Directors. “In her representation of the Women Leaders of College Sports she offers great range of influence on the female collegiate athletics administrators nationwide and we can’t wait to work with her and continue our long-standing relationship with Women Leaders.”