Kristin Ronai is the Director of Compliance & Legislative Affairs for the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
But many remember her as River View High School graduate Kristin Daugherty whose teams won two girls basketball Division II state titles and was named the OHSBCA’s “Miss Basketball” award winner her junior and senior seasons in the mid-2000s.
She is one of only three players to win back-to-back OHSBCA “Miss Basketball” honors and was a four-time All-Ohio selection, including Division II Player of the Year in 2006 & 2007.
Daugherty then went on to graduate Magna Cum Laude from the University of Dayton. While at UD, she played on the women’s basketball team for the Flyers and was a four-time All-Conference
honoree and served as a three-time captain.
Daugherty was also named the Atlantic-10 Women’s Basketball Student-Athlete of the Year in 2011 and an inductee into the University of Dayton Athletic Hall of Fame in January 2020.
Daugherty, a daughter of Bill and Caroline Daugherty, joined the OHSAA in August 2011 and held a variety of titles before being named the Director of Compliance in January 2019.
She is currently responsible for oversight of all student eligibility issues and serves as the liaison for legislative affairs. Other primary responsibilities include responding to concerns/questions
of administrators regarding eligibility guidelines and bylaw interpretations, co-chairing the Competitive Balance Committee, providing testimony and explanations for the OHSAA Appeals
Panel and legal cases, and collecting EMIS data for divisional alignment purposes.
Daugherty’s sister, Kari Pickens, is the head coach of the nationally ranked and defending NCAA Division II national champion Ashland University women’s basketball team.
Daugherty resides in Mount Vernon with her husband, Jared, who is the head men’s basketball coach at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. The couple has three children, Kyler (8), Kamryn (5), and Kolton (2), who are frequently seen running around MVNU’s Ariel Arena.
Phone: 330-343-8615
Address: 525 West High Avenue, Suite 160, New Philadelphia
Email: cjones1973@roadrunner.com
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