Fowler Named Person of the Week

NC State Athletics Director is Time Magazine's "Person of the Week."

3/19/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

March 19, 2002

NC State Director of Athletics Lee Fowler was named the "Person of the Week" by TIME.com, the online version of Time Magazine. Fowler earned the accolade after serving as the Chairman of the 2002 NCAA men's basketball committee, which selects the field of 65 teams that will compete in the annual NCAA men's basketball tournament.

According to the website, Fowler was chosen because "He's the man at the center of a storm surrounding picks, placement and the spring's biggest sports event."

Fowler came to NC State in September of 2000 after spending six years as the Director of Athletics at Middle Tennessee State University. A 1974 Vanderbilt graduate and former coach and administrator at the University of Memphis, Fowler has served on the NCAA men's basketball committee since 1997.