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Kathleen LaRose

Kathleen (Rocky) LaRose
Senior Associate Athletics Director

Kathleen "Rocky" LaRose begins her 21st year at The University of Arizona, her 6th year as Senior Associate Director of Athletics and her 11th year as the Senior Woman Administrator. Currently, she oversees the operations of all 19 sports at the UA, being the first woman in her capacity to have day-to-day operational responsibilities over Division I-A football and men's basketball programs.

As the Senior Associate Athletics Director, LaRose also oversees the compliance unit, fund development, public relations and special events, media relations and C.A.T.S. student-athlete services. She also chairs the department's Gender Equity and Title IX committees and established the Heritage Committee.

LaRose joined the Arizona staff in 1979 as the UA softball coach and worked from 1980 until 1989 in various capacities including coordinator of athletic special events, special projects and as assistant athletics director for fund development. LaRose is a past Vice President of the Pacific-10 Conference and is a current member of the Pac-10 Council, which governs and regulates all Pac-10 policies. On the national level, she currently sits on the NCAA Management Council (the 34-member legislative body of the NCAA) as the Pac-10 representative and was appointed Management Council liaison to the NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Board.

In 1990, LaRose developed the Commitment for Athletes' Total Success (C.A.T.S.), a comprehensive personal development program for student-athletes which involves a network of academic, career and leadership education and counseling.

Raised in Phoenix, Arizona, LaRose received both her Bachelor of Science and Master's degrees from The University of Arizona. While in attendance, she competed on the UA softball team as a starting infielder and clean-up hitter, leading the Cats to their first-ever conference championship title in 1979. She was also a member of the Arete Society (UA's Athletics Honorary) and was the 1978 UA Homecoming Queen.

Her other personal athletic accomplishments include playing on the U.S.A. team that competed in the 1979 World Cup Softball Championship in Tokyo, Japan, and being a member of the 1979 National Championship ASA Women's Fast-Pitch Softball team. She also led the Glendale Community College Softball team to the national finals in 1977 and became the State of Arizona Badminton Champion in 1975.



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