Julie Roe Lach

Women's Basketball

Former Millikin Standout Julie Roe Lach Named Horizon League Commissioner

The Horizon League has named former Millikin University women's basketball standout Julie Roe Lach its new Commissioner effective January 1, 2021. Roe Lach has served as the league's assistant commissioner since 2014.
 
Roe Lach earned her undergraduate degree from Millikin University in 1997, as a Presidential Scholar. Roe Lach graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 grade-point average and was chosen the 1996 GTE Academic All-American of the Year for the Collegiate Division. Also, she was selected as one of the top ten 1997 NCAA Woman of the Year Finalists and was a 1997 Kodak All-American First Team. She was inducted into Millikin University's Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002 and CoSIDA's Academic All-American Hall of Fame in 2009. Roe Lach was awarded the Merit-Loyalty award by Millikin in 2010. Roe Lach served on Millikin's Board of Trustees from 2001 to 2010, and is currently a Trustee Emeritus. She received an honorary doctorate from Millikin University in 2012.
 
Horizon League Announcement
 
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