CSUDH Names Dr. Maryalyce Jeremiah Interim Director of Athletics

CARSON -- With over 35 years of intercollegiate administrative and coaching experience including 11 years as the Senior Associate Director of Athletics at Cal State Fulleton, Cal State Dominguez Hills has named Dr. Maryalyce Jeremiah its Interim Director of Athletics, it was announced by the University.

Dr. Jeremiah, who holds bachelor degrees from Cedarville University and Central State University and both Master's and Ph.D. degrees from Ohio State University, will serve in this capacity until a full-time Director of Athletics is announced.

As a member of four Halls of Fame, the most recent being The State of Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame and Museum, her teams have won a national championship and have appeared in the NCAA Tournament every place she has coached including Cedarville University, University of Dayton, Indiana University, and California State University, Fullerton. Dr. Jeremiah is a recipient of the Carol Eckman Award, which is a national award for ethics and sportsmanship given by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and voted on by her peers.

Dr. Jeremiah also has authored two books and contributed numerous articles to magazines and books. Her latest, "Persevering Amy," appears in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball, published in 2009.

In July 2009, Dr. Jeremiah retired from coaching and is now the director of her own business, Your High Places (www.yourhighplaces.com), where she travels the country delivering motivational speeches that encourage athletes and professionals to set high personal and professional goals and pursue them with a belief system that is built for success. Her ethical approach to coaching highly talented athletes has never wavered and she is a highly respected coach and speaker.

In addition to the work she does for Your High Places, Dr. Jeremiah, serves as Program Developer for the undergraduate concentration in Sports Management in the College of Business and Management at Hope International University, as well as an athletics consultant at various universities across the nation.

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