MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN

Jason Trufant has had plenty of opportunities to do a wide variety of things in his athletic career. His mission is to help MUW rebuild an intercollegiate athletic department that was discontinued in 2003 by then-President Claudia Limbert after a November tornado destroyed the school’s gymnasium. The variety of experience of Trufant’s 15 years in college athletics has given him unique insight into the “challenges” he faces in bringing back a women’s intercollegiate athletic program and creating a men’s program for a school with more than 2,500 undergraduates. He said he has been working closely with MUW President Jim Borsig to formulate a plan the school will follow to make sure everything “fits.” A self-described “process-oriented” person, Trufant believes he has the vision to “connect the dots for people that may not see the whole picture.” – Adam Minichino, CDispatch. Read More.