PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University Assistant Director of Athletics of the Cougar Athletic Fund Raegan Harvey was selected to the National Association of Athletic Development Directors 13th Annual Diversity Initiative Program. 

Recipients are awarded with a stipend to attend the 2019 NAADD Convention, as well as the Fundamentals of Athletic Development (FOAD) sessions, which will take place from June 10-12 at the World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Harvey was recently elevated to assistant athletic director of the CAF after serving the previous year as the CAF Director of Internal Operations. She began working in the CAF in 2017 after four years working in development for the WSU Carson College of Business. Harvey graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in economics and received her MBA from the University of North Georgia.

Raegan was named Director of Internal Operations of the Cougar Athletic Fund in August 2017 after serving as the Assistant Director, Alumni and Industry Relations for the WSU Carson College of Business. In her role with the Cougar Athletic Fund, Harvey has provided oversight of CAF fiscal management, stewardship programming, the endowed scholarship program, gift processing, along with assisting major gift fundraising efforts.

"On behalf of the NAADD Executive Committee, I would like to congratulate all of our 2019 Diversity Initiative Stipend recipients," stated Jennifer Lynne Williams, director of athletics at Alabama State University. "We had a record number of applicants, and we are extremely excited to offer the 40 selected applicants the opportunity to enhance their career development. The Diversity Initiative Program is one that we are very proud of and we want to continue to place a strong emphasis on its importance. I am a direct benefactor of this program, and hold all that it embodies close to my heart. The selection committee has done a tremendous job planning this year's Convention in Orlando that will include a reception recognizing our past stipend winners since 2007's inaugural class, along with this year's class."

NAADD Release