Betsy Author

NCAA: Same old problem, not new constitutional crises.

For the past six months, the NCAA membership structure has been engaged in a constitutional review. This perceived ‘constitutional crises’ arose over the past couple of years of increasing high...

Read More

Betsy Mitchell on “Sports + Life + Balance” Podcast

The state and future of college athletics in the midst of a pandemic is part of the candid conversation Betsy has with fellow multi-Olympic medalist John Moffett on his “Sports + Life + Balance”...

Read More

Director of APER Mitchell Appointed to NCAA Division III Management Council

Caltech Director of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation Betsy Mitchell has been appointed to the National Collegiate Athletic Administration Division III Management Council, the governing...

Read More

International Caltech recruitment event speaks to high school students about women in STEM…

Betsy delivers remarks to high school students across the globe about the esteemed Caltech athletics program and women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields). Her...

Read More

A Pre- and Post-Covid College Athletics Perspective

May  1, 2020 In college sports, what really matters is not “new,” but rather should be normal.  I am a collegiate athletic director and Olympian. Over my 30 year career in sports and...

Read More

Mercersburg Academy Opens New State-of-the-Art Aquatics Center

Betsy was on hand at Mercersburg Academy, her much-loved alma mater in Pennsylvania, for the ceremonial pouring of water into the new, state-of-the-art swimming pool in Mercersburg’s Aquatic...

Read More