By Nicholas Huenefeld/OCCAC Sports Information
Tom Hathaway, who is finishing up his fourth year as athletic director at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, has been voted the 2015-16 Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) Athletic Director of the Year by the conference's athletic directors at the recent summer meeting.
The award is the second in four years for Hathaway, who was also named the recipient in 2013-14.
In competition, the Cincinnati State women's volleyball team advanced to the semifinals of the district tournament, the women's basketball team finished just one basket away from a district championship, the men's soccer team won the OCCAC championship and advanced to the regional semifinals, the men's golf team finished as the Region XII runner-up and the women's soccer team was also the Region XII runner-up.
Hathaway, who also serves as the assistant commissioner of the OCCAC, restructured the Ethics and Sportsmanship Committee in the conference to address concerns in that area and has worked to expand OCCAC membership. Furthermore, he served on the Organization Redesign ad hoc committee of the NJCAA.
Academically, Cincinnati State's student-athletes had a composite 2.51 GPA and a completion rate of 80 percent this year, with 37 percent of them having GPAs of 3.00 or better for the year and 18 of their 24 sophomores graduated with their associate's degree.
On June 30, Hathaway will retire after 43 years of service in a variety of athletic administration roles. Prior to Cincinnati State, he spent 27 years as assistant athletic director at the University of Cincinnati, where he was responsible for sports communication and served in various administrative roles. He also spent time as the athletic director at Miamisburg High School, where he supervised more than $1.2 million in improvement projects to the school's athletic facilities and developed a long-range plan for the development of sports programs and facilities. He began his career as the assistant commissioner of the Ohio Athletic Conference after graduating from the College of Wooster.