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David Sayler has been Miami University's Athletics Director since 2013. During his tenure, Miami (Ohio) has been a three-time winner of the Cartwright Award, recognizing the best athletics department in the Mid-American Conference in academics, community service and competitive results.

Since Sayler arrived on campus, Miami has won 56 conference championships, and, in 2015, the men's hockey team earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Much of that success comes directly from Miami's “Graduating Champions” fundraising campaign, which resulted in the addition of the Athletic Performance Center and the David and Anita Dauch Indoor Sports Center.

Before joining Miami, Sayler served as the Director of Athletics at South Dakota for two years. He has also spent time at Rice, Oregon State, Bowling Green, Houston, Hartford, Georgia and UConn. A graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University with a bachelor's degree in accounting, Sayler worked three years in the private sector, spending time with Ernst & Young in Cleveland and Peterson Consulting in Chicago before entering college athletics.