With more than 30 years of accomplishments as an administrator, coach, and teacher, Jo Kuhn has established herself as an ardent promoter and devoted supporter of women's athletics.

After playing on the LPGA tour for three years, Kuhn was appointed to the kinesiology faculty at TWU in 1967. She coached the golf, basketball and softball teams to numerous state titles.

Kuhn became TWU's Director of Athletics in 1982 at a time when Athletics had been reduced to a marginal, no-scholarship program with virtually no financial or university support. In ten years, she moved the program from the cellar to a nationally recognized contender. As an independent school, Kuhn succeeded in gaining admission to the Lone Star Conference, a Div. II conference for schools with programs in both men's and women's sports. In 1988, TWU was admitted by a unanimous vote, making it the only women's institution in the nation in a co-ed athletic conference.

Because of the direction set by Kuhn and embraced by the current administration, TWU student-athletes have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better for the past 15 years. More than $750,000 has been designated for athletics scholarships through the fundraising efforts of the Pioneer Scholarship Campaign, which Kuhn established in 1984.

Kuhn has accomplished many things in her career. Some of the highlights include: Vice President of the Texas Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women; U.S. Softball Selection Committee for the Pan American Games; Commissioner of AIAW Region 4; and National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Adminstrators Board of Directors. Kuhn was instrumental in proposing a bill to the NCAA and obtaining a favorable vote to permit try-outs for Div. II institutions. She was elected to the Ursinus College Athletics Hall of Fame in 1988. Kuhn received one of the highest honors of her career in 1992 when she was inducted into the National Sport Hall of Fame by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. The award is given to the outstanding individual who has made significant contributions to maintaining sport as an integral part of the total education program.

Kuhn resigned as A.D. in 1992 so she could return to teaching. In December 1992, TWU Athletics established the Jo Kuhn Leadership Award to be presented each spring to the student-athlete who has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities. She retired from teaching in 1997. She resides in Denton.