Director of Athletics Gene Taylor was one of 29 winners as the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics announced the Under Armour athletic director of the year recipients.

Taylor, who received the Football Championship Subdivision Central Region honor, also won the award in 2008.

Taylor received his award during the James J. Corbett Awards Luncheon June 27 at the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics 47th annual convention in Dallas.

NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.