Leanne Grotke Andreas (2025) - Hall of Fame - Bowling Green State University Athletics

Leanne Grotke Andreas

Induction:
2025
Class:
1963

Leanne Grotke Andreas, a native of Sylvania, Ohio, was a member of the first women’s varsity intercollegiate basketball team (1962-63), the intercollegiate field hockey team, and Delta Psi Kappa, national professional physical education society before graduating in 1963. She enrolled in grad school at Indiana University and after earning her master’s degree in 1966, stayed on at IU as an assistant professor for women’s physical education.

In 1969, Grotke played a pivotal role in establishing IWISO, the Indiana Women’s Intercollegiate Sports Organization, and in the 1973-74 school year, Grotke was named the first full time Associate Athletic Director for Women’s Athletics in the Big Ten.

She was hired as director of athletics for women at Cal State Fullerton in 1978 and, after the department was reorganized, was named associate athletic director in 1980. She spent 13 years at Fullerton before retiring in 1991.

Grotke’s experiences also include being commissioner of national championships for the AIAW, and she served six years on the NCAA Executive Board. She was named to the IU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012.