Sybil Blalock
| Title: | Deputy AD for Academic Affairs/SWA |
| Phone: | (478) 301-2301 |
| Email: | blalock_sa@mercer.edu |
Sybil Blalock serves as Mercer University's Deputy Director of Athletics for Academic Affairs and Senior Woman Administrator, following her promotion from Senior Associate A.D. in July 2015. Blalock has been synonamous with the Bears' athletics program for nearly forty years as an athlete, coach and administrator.
Most recently, Blalock was appointed to the prestigious NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee, serving a five-year term beginning September of 2010. Among Blalock's responsibilities will be assisting with the planning, selection and administration of the NCAA Division I women's basketball championships. Her duties will involve regular teleconferencing on prevalent issues, as well as administrative duties on-site during the regional and Final Four competitions.
Blalock has more than 25 years of experience in NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics to her credit, as both a coach and administrator. She recently completed a two-year term as the Chair of the NCAA Division I men's and women's tennis committee and has served on numerous sport committees with the Atlantic Sun Conference, as well. She has served as the tournament director for both the tennis and volleyball championships for the A-Sun.
Blalock has not only served Mercer as a coach and administrator - directing the academic support services that have helped vault Mercer student-athletes among the A-Sun's best - but was a pioneer of its women's basketball program (playing for the Bears from1971-75). A WNIT All-American in 1975, Blalock's name is still prominently etched in the MU record books. She ranks among the school's career leaders in points scored with 1,856 (6th), a scoring average of 18.9 ppg (4th) and a shooting percentage of 53.4 percent (4th).
Blalock owns the eighth-best single-season scoring average ever accomplished by a Mercer player when she averaged 21.9 points per game in 1972-73. She also has two of the program's top-10 season-best marks for field goal percentage, ranking No. 4 with her 61.8 percent in 1972-73 and No. 6 with a 57.3 percent clip in 1973-74.
With a composite record of 87-13 (an 87.0 winning percentage) during her career, Blalock-led MU teams had more success than any other over a four-year span in program history. The Bears were Southern Women's Athletic Conference regular season and tournament champions her freshman season and AIAW regional champs her sophomore campaign. In her junioro year, Mercer won the Georgia AIAW Tournament and advanced to the championship game of the AIAW regional tournament. During her senior season, Mercer advanced to the Women's National Invitational Tournament (making it to the round of 16).
Blalock graduated from Mercer magna cum laude with her bachelor's degree in mathematics and physical education, as well as a master's degree in applied mathematics.
Before beginning her career as an athletics administrator, Blalock played professionally in both Europe and the United States. She was a member of the U.S. team that played in the World University Games and was also a part of the U.S. Olympic Development Team.
