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Chaminade University Names William Villa As Its New Athletics Director  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Kapono Ryan (808) 735-4797 or cell (808) 429-2972 View Profile As Its New Athletics Director Honolulu, HI -- June 27, 2008 -- William "Bill" Villa has been selected as Chaminade University's new full-time athletics director, school officials announced today.  "Mr. Villa has a proven track record as a dedicated athletics administrator with a history of developing visionary goals and implementing and achieving them in coordination with executive management for more than 15 years," said Chaminade President Sue Wesselkamper. "His extensive experience with the Hawaii's athletics community will make him a great asset. We are excited to have him on board."Villa comes to Chaminade from Mid-Pacific Institute, where he now serves as its interscholastic athletics director of a program with more than 850 participants and 80 teams playing in 21 different sports. He was instrumental in establishing Mid-Pacific's athletics booster club in 2004. "The selection committee was impressed with Villa's management skills in building Mid-Pacific's program, as well as with his coaching expertise. Chaminade looks forward to having him spur on Chaminade's Silversword booster club, Hui 'hinahina, and leading other fundraising efforts," said Wesselkamper. "Hui 'hinahina surpassed its initial goals, raising more than $150,000 to support athletics after its official launch last summer. The university hopes with Villa's help to continue that exciting trend upward." A graduate and former coach of Kamehameha Schools, Villa has a bachelor's degree in business management and in 2002 earned his Certified Athletic Administrator credential from the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. He has also previously coached basketball, baseball and soccer and has been president of the Board of Interscholastic League of Honolulu Athletic Directors (BADILH) since 2005. Villa resides in Kailua with his wife, Ranae. They have three sons, Kahi, Kawika and Kaipo and 4 grandchildren. Chaminade University is a member of the NCAA Pacific West Athletics Conference. Other affiliates include: Academy of Art University (San Francisco), Brigham Young University--Hawaii; Dixie State College (St. George, Utah), Dominican University of California in San Rafael, Grand Canyon University (Phoenix), Hawai'i Pacific University, the University of Hawai'i--Hilo and Notre Dame de Namur University (Belmont, Calif.). Silverswords' sports offered include men and women's basketball, cross country and soccer, men's golf, and women's softball, tennis and volleyball. Celebrating more than 50 years of educating students for life, service and successful careers, Chaminade University is a Catholic/ Marianist university offering programs of study grounded in the liberal arts with day, evening, online and accelerated courses. Chaminade is also a Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander serving institution with its main campus located at 3140 Waialae Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816, and 10 satellite locations around Oahu. For more information, visit the Chaminade Web site at www.chaminade.edu or call (808) 735-4711. Back | Current News | FYI |
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