Tietjen Is New Senior Women's Administrator

Laura Tietjen has been hired as Kansas State University’s senior women’s administrator, according to an
announcement on Monday by Wildcats Director of Athletics Max Urick.

Tietjen, 42, replaces Cindy Fox, who left her position earlier this summer. "I’m excited to have this opportunity
at Kansas State, in part to Max and his staff," said Tietjen. "It’s a move back home for me. I’m sad to leave
Evansville, but the timing was right and the opportunity was there."

Currently, Tietjen is the director of athletics at the University of Evansville, which sponsors 15 men’s and
women’s intercollegiate sports in the Missouri Valley Conference, and has served in that position since June
1998. She moved up to that role after serving as an assistant and associate athletic director with the Purple
Aces since 1995. Prior to that Tietjen worked in the compliance office at the University of Nebraska-Kearney
from 1988 through 1995.

While an undergraduate at the University of Nebraska, she started on the women’s basketball team for four
seasons from 1976 through 1980.

Her coaching experience includes assignments as girls basketball and girls tennis coach at Columbus (Neb.)
High School, and as an assistant women’s basketball and head women’s tennis coach at Nebraska-Kearney.

"We’re happy to have Laura as part of our staff," said Urick. "She has been an outstanding student-athlete,
coach and administrator. With that background, she identifies with many issues of student-athletes. She’s
walked in the shoes at every level and has proven to be an outstanding administrator."

Tietjen earned her bachelor’s degree from Nebraska in 1981, a master’s in physical education from
Nebraska-Kearney and earned a doctorate from the University of New Mexico in athletic and educational
administration in 1992.

The senior women’s administrator at Kansas State is a top-level staff position designed to monitor and
promote issues regarding gender equity in the athletic department.