Erika Barnes

Erika Barnes, shaking hands with Wilma T. Wildcat at an academics banquet last spring, has been named the UA's interim athletic director.

Barnes was an NFCA Scholar-Athlete All-American while in college, and holds two degrees from Arizona: A 2001 bachelor’s degree in communications and a 2010 M.B.A. from the Eller College of Management. Barnes also serves on the Pac-12 board alongside UA president Ann Weaver Hart.


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