Betty Ralston, an Eastern athletic administrator, can now add one more job title to an expanding list that stretches back to her coaching days at Eastern.

Ralston recently accepted the position of interim senior woman administrator, which, as she explained it, is a fairly open-ended job position in which she has no definitive job standards to which she is held.

That allows her to remain focused on the job she currently still holds with Panther athletics, which is the assistant athletic director for compliance and academic services.

“Senior woman administrator is just a title handed down by the NCAA,” Ralston said. “My main objective here will still be directed to the responsibilities that I’ve held over the years as (the assistant athletic director for compliance and academic services).”

But just because the position of senior woman administrator may not keep Ralston as busy as her other duties will, she still looks to make an impact with her new position.

“This does give me the chance to go more in-depth, with woman athletes and coaches in particular, about issues that they may be dealing with,” Ralston said.

Those issues will revolve around women athletic issues such as Title IX and others that effect athletes and coaches all over the nation.

While she has accepted the position and taken on the extra responsibilities, director of athletics Richard McDuffie says it is only on an interim basis right now.

“First of all, (her position) is on an interim basis and we will be doing a review sometime in the spring,” McDuffie said. “But what she does bring to the position is a good relationship with all the players and the coaches.”

Ralston is taking over the interim position because it had been filled by Deborah Polka, who left Eastern last year to take a position at Old Dominion.

But now that the athletic administration has named Ralston to the position, McDuffie feels equally confident that she can bring her own attributes to the job, for however long she may hold it.

“She is a great bonus, not just to me, but also to the program as a whole,” McDuffie said. “She has a great understanding of equity issues and Title IX; also she has a strong presence with an understanding voice about many different issues.”