CLEVELAND - The Minority Opportunities Athletic Association (MOAA) is pleased to announce Toni-Ann Derby, assistant director, championships, sports operations, and governance at the West Coast Conference (WCC), and Shanika Mungin, director of educational enrichment, learning services at the University of Illinois as the 2022 Rudy Keeling Scholarship recipients.

Derby and Mungin will both receive $2,500 postgraduate scholarships toward an advanced degree with the intention of furthering administrative pursuits within the intercollegiate athletics industry. The scholarship will be presented with financial assistance of sponsors, Bob McCloskey Insurance, Dr. Derek Greenfield and the NCAA.

As the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Commissioner, Rudy Keeling was the first African-American ever to head a major sports conference, a position he held from 2007 until his retirement in January 2013. He was also a former member of the MOAA Board of Directors. Candidates for the scholarship were reviewed by the MOAA leadership and members of the Keeling Family.

At the WCC, Derby serves as the sport administrator for rowing, is the tournament manager for beach volleyball, manages various WCC championships' operations and manages the WCC and NCAA committee nomination process. In addition, Derby also assists the Commissioner in the league's Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives. She also serves as the primary liaison for the league's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), game managers, Athletics Diversity & Inclusion Designee Ad Hoc Group, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Student-Athlete (EDI) Ad Hoc Committee and secondary liaison to the EDI Committee.

Prior to the WCC, Derby worked at the Sun Belt Conference and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). Derby is an active member of MOAA and Women Leaders in College Sports. She earned her bachelor's degree from Pace University in 2014 and was recently accepted into Florida International University's master's program in sports administration.

At Illinois, Mungin is responsible for creating policies and programs that aid in the academic development of student athletes to help them master the skills needed to become successful students.  Mungin holds a master's degree in sports administration from the University of Miami and formally served as the campus advisor for the National Council of Negro Women, Inc., and Director of the LYFE program at Florida State University (FSU). In 2020-21, she was awarded with FSU's Outstanding Academic Advising distinction, while working as the associate director of student-athlete academic services.

Mungin is an active member of the National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals (N4A) and currently serves as the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Division Director for the Association. She is excited to further pursue higher education by beginning her doctoral degree program in Diversity & Equity in Education at the University of Illinois.

Mungin is also the proud mother of one vibrant and sports-loving, pre-teen, Micah.

About the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association: Administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association promotes equitable employment opportunities for minorities in the athletics industry through the exchange of ideas, the creation of networking opportunities and the avocation of an increase in employment for minorities in athletics administration positions at all levels of the sports industry. The association also promotes cultivating a sports environment that supports the values necessary to accept aspiring professionals from all walks of life. For more information on the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association, please visit www.moaaweb.com.