SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Amy Henkelman has been promoted to Director of Athletics at Dominican University of California, announced Dominican President Mary B. Marcy. Henkelman has served as interim director and previously as associate director and compliance officer.

"We are fortunate to have somebody in this position who cares so deeply about our students," said President Marcy. "Dominican Athletics has shown continued success and growth and I am confident that Amy will guide the program to new levels of excellence."

Henkelman supervises the University's athletics and recreational sports programs, which includes 11 NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports teams plus MCLA Division I men's lacrosse. Most recently, Dominican won the 2014-15 PacWest Academic Achievement Award for a record sixth time, plus the 2014-15 PacWest Make-A-Wish Award. An active NACDA member, Henkelman is the PacWest's D2 ADA board member and is involved with the 2016 D2 ADA Women and Minority Mentor program. She is the PacWest Conference liasion for both men's golf and senior woman administrators, as well as the chair of the PacWest Governance Committee and a member of the PacWest Championships and Strategic Positioning Committee.

"I am very grateful for the opportunity to be part of the leadership team at Dominican. The University has a great, dynamic team of dedicated coaches, staff, and student-athletes," said Henkelman. "I am very optimistic about the future of Dominican Athletics and Recreational Sports."

Henkelman joined Dominican in 2013 from Colorado School of Mines, where she had served as assistant director of athletics for recreational sports since January 2011. Prior to joining CSM, Henkelman held a number of positions over the span of eight years at Indiana University South Bend, including assistant director of athletics and interim director of athletics. Henkelman's duties at CSM included supervision and leadership of full-time staff members as well as 200 student employees; management of the department's financial operations; direction and scheduling of student recreation programming and facilities; and coordination of game day event management for men's and women's basketball and volleyball.  Henkelman also served as facility director for the 2012 Men's Basketball NCAA Central Regional Championships, and assisted with several Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championship tournaments. Her efforts were an integral part in CSM garnering its first RMAC All-Sports Competition Cup title in 2011-12.

At IU South Bend, Henkelman was responsible for everything from compliance to club sports to the University's Student-Athlete Mentor Program and Life Skills program. An active NACDA member, Henkelman earned her BS in Psychology from University of Wisconsin-Stout and an MA in Sports Administration from Central Michigan University.

Located in San Rafael, California, 11 miles north of San Francisco, Dominican sponsors 11 NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports that compete in the PacWest Conference — men's and women's basketball, cross country, golf, and soccer, and women's softball, tennis, and volleyball — plus men's lacrosse (MCLA). The Penguins have won the Pacific West Conference Academic Achievement Award for six consecutive years.