Following the landmark House v. NCAA settlement, significant changes are reshaping the landscape of collegiate athletics. Join us for an exclusive webinar featuring Laurel Hosmer, Valpo’s Director of Athletics, as she breaks down:  How this historic settlement came about
Why Valpo Athletics chose to opt into the new NCAA governance structure
What it means for our student-athletes, coaches, and community
Event Details 🗓️ Date: October 14, 2025
⏰ Time: 7 p.m. CDT
📍 Platform: Zoom
Don’t miss your chance to gain an insider perspective on one of the most pivotal moments in NCAA history — directly from Valpo’s leader in athletics.
About the presenter:
Laurel Hosmer was named the 17th Director of Athletics at Valparaiso University on Aug. 21, 2024, becoming the first female to serve in that role in the University’s history.
In her first year as Director of Athletics, Hosmer successfully hired new head coaches in women’s basketball (Courtney Boyd) and football (Andy Waddle). Under her leadership, Valpo Athletics and Van Wagner secured the largest corporate sponsorship agreement in the department’s history, partnering with UChicago Medicine. The department raised over $227,000 on Valpo Day 2025, the University’s annual Day of Giving, a 133 percent increase from the previous year.
A seasoned athletics administrator, Hosmer arrived at Valpo after a stint at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA, where she served as Director of Athletic Development beginning in June 2021. She led a team in all aspects of athletic development efforts including major gift solicitation, annual fund operations and sport-specific fundraising events, gameday hospitality and alumni relations.
Hosmer served as Assistant Athletic Director for Development at the University of Delaware from November 2016 to May 2021 and worked at Eastern Washington University from July 2014 to October 2016, starting as Director of Athletic Development and External Revenue before being promoted to Assistant Athletic Director for Development and Revenue in October 2015.
Prior to Eastern Washington University, Hosmer spent time as a development assistant at the University of Georgia. She started her career as a development office intern and compliance/business office graduate assistant at the University of Massachusetts.
Hosmer, a native of Winchester, MA, is a 2009 graduate of the State University of New York Institute of Technology, earning a bachelor’s degree in sociology while serving as a four-year member of the women’s soccer program and a two-year team captain. She earned her master’s in sports management from UMass in 2013 and received an Analytics: Optimizing Big Data certificate from the University of Delaware in 2020.
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