SEATTLE (Sept. 17) - Erin O'Connell has been hired as Seattle Pacific University's new Senior Woman Administrator and Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance. She replaces Joy Drovdahl, who resigned after 12 years.

O'Connell comes to SPU from the University of Washington, where she had served as an assistant coach to Jan Harville in women's rowing for seven seasons. O'Connell, the crew team captain and an all-Pac-10 selection as a senior, graduated from Washington in 1996 and earned her Master's degree in sports administration from Seattle Pacific in 2001.