Rhonda Lundin Bennett, senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at Nevada and former chair of the NCAA Division I women’s basketball committee, will be returning to the committee this year.
Bennett will take over the vacancy left by Tamica Smith Jones, the outgoing director of athletics at UC Riverside.
Smith Jones was recently named chief operating officer for athletics at Kennesaw State, creating a committee opening.
Bennett will serve on the committee in place of Smith Jones for the rest of her 2021 committee term, which concludes Aug. 31.
"I am honored about this unique opportunity to step in to serve and am ready to carry forward the momentum that Tamica was working towards for the upcoming selections and championship,” Bennett said in a news release.