March 22, Anucha Browne, Vice President, Women’s Basketball Championships

Anucha Browne Sanders is the NCAA’s vice president of women’s basketball championships. In this role, Browne Sanders sets the strategic direction for, and oversees the operation and management of, the Division I, II and III women’s basketball championships. The NCAA’s Women’s Final Four is just around corner on April 3 and 5 and is set to take place right here in Indianapolis, so this is the perfect time to learn more about the championship!

Browne Sanders was previously the University of Buffalo senior associate athletic director and senior woman administrator, where she supervised men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, softball, swimming, diving and rowing. She was also responsible for marketing and ticket sales efforts, corporate partnerships, community relations, event presentation and operations for revenue sports.

Prior to her service at Buffalo, Browne Sanders was the senior vice president of marketing and business operations for the NBA’s New York Knicks. In her collegiate career, Browne Sanders was a highly decorated women’s basketball student-athlete at Northwestern University, earning all-Big Ten team honors three times and Big Ten Player of the Year twice. Browne Sanders holds the all-time conference records for scoring (2,307 points) and rebounds (951). In 1985, she led all Division I women’s basketball players in scoring average with 30.5 points per game. We are excited to welcome this champion to Rotary!