Hired in August of 2004, Todd Lawing is beginning his fourth year with Lenoir-Rhyne and is the school’s Associate Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Director of NCAA Compliance.

Lawing is the second-highest official in the athletic department.

Lawing was promoted to Associate AD this past summer after serving as Assistant Athletics Director in his first three years with L-R and was also the Director of Special Events.

Prior to Lenoir-Rhyne, Lawing worked with his family at Ken Lawing Builders, Inc., in Denver, N.C.

Lawing received his bachelor’s degree in sports management with a minor in business administration in the spring of 2000 and earned his master’s degree in business administration in 2002, both from Lenoir-Rhyne College.

While earning his master’s degree, Lawing served as Lenoir-Rhyne’s first-ever athletic marketing intern for the 2000-01 and 2001-02 academic calendar years and lettered four seasons on the baseball squad (1997-00) as well.

Lawing is married to the former Andi Penley, who is also a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne (2002) and is currently a fifth-grade teacher at Webb A. Murray Elementary School in Hickory, N.C.

The couple has one daughter: Kenna Elizabeth was born November 26, 2006.

No stranger to the area, Lawing is a native of Denver, North Carolina, and a graduate of East Lincoln High School.