June 16, 2008

Old Dominion women's basketball head coach Wendy Larry has named Allison Halsey to the position of Director of Basketball Operations it was announced Monday.

"There are a number of impressive things that Allison will bring to the Lady Monarch family," said Larry. "As a business major, cum laude graduate, and a project manager, she has tremendous skills in marketing, managing, and event coordination that will be an asset to us at Old Dominion."

Halsey joins the Lady Monarch staff after serving as an Associate Project Director and Project Coordinator with Fallon Medica, LLC in New Jersey. In her positions, Halsey coordinated all logistical details for continuing medical educations programs nationwide and communicated with top doctors, medical societies, and sales representatives in determining project guidelines, timelines, and objectives.

A 2002 cum laude graduate of Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, with a degree in business, Halsey was a four-time member of the Northeast Ten Conference Academic Team. She was also of member of Pi Gamma Mu - an international honor society in social science, Omicron Delta Epsilon - an economic honor society, and Delta Epsilon Sigma - a national scholastic honor society.

Halsey is also very active in the community participating with Relay for Life, the ALS Walk, and the Arthritis Foundation and is a member of the Monmouth Women's Basketball League and the Red Bank YMCA Women's Basketball League.