Sybil Blalock serves as Mercer Universitys Senior Associate Athletics Director for Academic Affairs and Senior Woman Administrator.  Blalock has been synonamous with the Bears' athletics program for nearly forty years as an athlete, coach and administrator.

Most recently, Blalock was appointed to the prestigious NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee, serving a five-year term beginning September of 2010. Among Blalock's responsibilities will be assisting with the planning, selection and administration of the NCAA Division I women's basketball championships. Her duties will involve regular teleconferencing on prevalent issues, as well as administrative duties on-site during the regional and Final Four competitions.

Blalock has more than 25 years of experience in NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics to her credit, as both a coach and administrator. She recently completed a two-year term as the Chair of the NCAA Division I men's and women's tennis committee and has served on numerous sport committees with the Atlantic Sun Conference, as well. She has served as the tournament director for both the tennis and volleyball championships for the A-Sun.

Blalock, currently, is the tournament director for the A-Sun men's and women's basketball championships which are being hosted by Mercer on March 3-6, 2010. The Bears are also the host site for the A-Sun Championships again in 2011.

Blalock has not only served Mercer as a coach and administrator - directing the academic support services that have helped vault Mercer student-athletes among the A-Sun's best - but was a pioneer of its women's basketball program (playing for the Bears from1971-75). A WNIT All-American in 1975, Blalock's name is still prominently etched in the MU record books. She ranks among the school's career leaders in points scored with 1,856 (5th), a scoring average of 18.9 p.p.g. (4th) and a shooting percentage of 53.4 percent (4th).

Blalock owns the eighth-best single-season scoring average ever accomplished by a Mercer player when she averaged 21.9 points per game in 1972-73. She also has two of the program's top-10 season-best marks for field goal percentage, ranking No. 4 with her 61.8 percent in 1972-73 and No. 6 with a 57.3 percent clip in 1973-74.

With a composite record of 87-13 (an 87.0 winning percentage) during her career, Blalock-led MU teams had more success than any other over a four-year span in program history. The Bears were Southwest Athletic Conference,- as well as SWAC tournament - champions her freshman season and AIAW regional champs her sophomore campaign. Mercer repeated its AIAW regional title during her junior season and advanced to the Women's National Invitational Tournament (making it to the round of 16).

Blalock graduated from Mercer magna cum laude with her bachelor's degree in mathematics and physical education, as well as a master's degree in applied mathematics.

But before beginning her career as an athletics administrator, Blalock played professionally in both Europe and the United States. She was a member of the U.S. team that played in the World University Games and was also a part of the U.S. Olympic Development Team.