ALLENDALE, Mich. (WOOD) — Grand Valley State University announced its new athletic director at a press conference Thursday morning.

Keri Becker, the current associate athletic director and senior woman administrator at GVSU, will replace longtime AD Tim Selgo who announced his retirement in August 2015.

Becker is expected to start her new role on July 18. She is the sixth athletic director at GVSU.

“I’m honored to be selected as the successor to the highly accomplished Tim Selgo,” stated Becker in a news release. “I look forward to taking on the challenges of the best Division II athletics program in the country and ensuring I lead in such a way that the coaches have the opportunity for success and the student-athletes continue to receive the best academic and athletic experience possible.”

Becker has served as associate athletic director since August 2011 where she oversaw football, volleyball, softball, women’s golf, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s lacrosse teams, as well as the Laker cheerleading group.

Prior to GVSU, she served in various roles at Ferris State University including the head softball coach. She was a three-time Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year while at Ferris.