New York – In the midst of an historic year in Longhorns Athletics, University of Texas Vice President and Lois and Richard Folger Athletics Director Chris Del Conte was named Athletic Director of the Year by the Sports Business Journal at its 17th Annual Sports Business Awards ceremony in New York City on Wednesday night. Del Conte, in his seventh year at Texas, was selected the winner from a group of five finalist (Trev Alberts, formerly Nebraska now Texas A&M; Jeff Bourne, James Madison; Desiree Reed-Francois, formerly Missouri now Arizona; Carla Williams, Virginia) by the SBJ staff.