Jacqie McWilliams is the embodiment of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s slogan “CIAA For Life.” Williams played in the CIAA as a student athlete at Hampton University, and now she’s the face of the conference as it heads into its 105th year of existence.
We caught up with the conference’s first female commissioner to talk about the past, present and future of the oldest athletic conference specifically for historically black colleges and universities.