Mimi Griffin
- Griffin is considered to be the first broadcast expert for women’s basketball
- She served as the “face” for women’s basketball in its early television exposure and laid the foundation and groundwork for women’s basketball on television
- She was the National Director of Promotion for Women’s Athletics for Converse from 1983-85
- Griffin was the ESPN primary women’s basketball analyst from 1983-1999 and was the color analyst for the NCAA Women’s Final Four from 1985-1991
- In 1990, she was the first woman color analyst for a NCAA men’s tournament game on ESPN.
- In 1991, she became the first woman to broadcast the first two rounds of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on CBS Sports
- Griffin was the Championship Director of the US Senior Open in 1992 and 2000, and was the Championship Director of the US Women’s Open in 1995 and 2009
- She was the Director of Marketing and Championship Administration for the US Open in 1995 and 1998
- She was the 1994 WBCA Mel Greenberg Media Award winner
- In 2009, Griffin was named one of the “Best 50 Women in Business” by Pennsylvania Governor and the Department of Community and Economic Development