CLEVELAND - The NAADD Executive Committee is excited to announce the 13 individuals selected for the 2020 Bobby Purcell Mentor program.

"This is the sixth year of the program and the interest continues to grow from our membership," said NAADD Executive Committee member Ryan White, senior associate athletics director for development at The University of Kansas. "We all didn't get to where we are today without the help of others. This program focuses on developing relationships with industry leaders that will last a lifetime. Congratulations to the recipients on being selected into the program."

Bobby Purcell, whom the program is named after, has served in a number of capacities since joining the NC State athletics department in 1981, including serving as Executive Director of the Wolfpack Club since 1991. Purcell has been a champion for mentoring fundraisers on his campus and around the nation his entire career. Purcell's influence is widespread in college athletics, as 26 former staff members serve at other universities, including two athletics directors: Jimmy Bass at UNC-Wilmington and Karlton Creech at the University of Denver. Purcell served as NAADD President in 2004-05, and was named the 2007 NAADD Fundraiser of the Year and 2014 NAADD Lifetime Achievement honoree.

The following are the pairings for the 2020 Bobby Purcell Mentorship Program:
 

2020 Bobby Purcell Mentees	NAADD Executive Committee Mentors
Josh Azer - Lafayette College	Sarah Baumgartner - Rutgers University
Brad Bell - University of Georgia	Bobby Purcell - North Carolina State University
Kevin Collins - University of Texas	Jeremy Wang - Temple University
Derek Denton - Louisiana State University	Jennifer Williams - Alabama State University
Jim Furlong - University of Central Florida	Dirk Katstra - University of Virginia
Lee Grever - University of Washington	Karen Langston - California State University Bakersfield
Cara Hanrahan Abraham - College of the Holy Cross	Jennifer Montgomery - George Washington University
Ashley Hart - Washington State University	Markus Jennings - Sacramento State
Chris Hawthorne - University of Minnesota	Matt Borman - University of Georgia
Rob Heil - Kansas State University	Dan Cloran - The Ohio State University
Dylan Herbert - Penn State University	Grant Kelly - Johns Hopkins University
Michael Murray - University of Illinois at Chicago	Ryan White - University of Kansas
Ben Price - Boise State University	Ben Broussard - University of Colorado

About NAADD: NAADD is the first organization of its kind to provide educational and networking opportunities, enhancement of acceptable operating standards and ethics, and establishment of the overall prestige and understanding of the profession of athletics development and fund raising. For more information about NAADD, please visit www.naadd.com. NAADD is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), which is in its 55^th year. For more information on NACDA and the 17 professional associations that fall under its umbrella, please visit www.nacda.com.