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St. John Fisher University Athletics

Jen Granger

Jennifer Granger

St. John Fisher named Jennifer Granger, who has devoted herself to the university's intercollegiate athletics program for more than two decades, as its Director of Athletics and Recreation in July 2025. Granger served as the department's interim director from June 2024 to June 2025.

A 1995 graduate of St. John Fisher, Granger became the fourth director of athletics and recreation in the university’s history and the first woman to earn the role with her appointment. She previously worked as Fisher’s associate athletic director and senior woman administrator (2021-24), assistant athletic director (2017-21) and athletics business manager (1998-2017).

Granger has compiled several notable accomplishments and, above all else, ensured the support and well-being of Fisher student-athletes throughout her career at the university. She has established and developed a Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), served as the university's NCAA compliance officer, helped the institution attain enrollment goals and worked with institutional leaders in the development of new athletic programs, including men's and women's ice hockey, men's wrestling, men's volleyball and women's rowing. Granger has also been instrumental in hosting multiple NCAA Championship events in the Rochester area, including the 2025 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships and the 2023 NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships. 

Granger garnered prestigious recognition for her dedication to the region’s sports scene as the 2026 recipient of the Rochester Press-Radio Club’s Jean Giambrone Award, which annually honors a woman who has made an exemplary lifetime commitment to local women's sports. The award is named after long-time journalist and University of Rochester Hall of Famer Jean Giambrone, who spent 42 years at the Times-Union and, in 1965, became the first female golf writer to be awarded press credentials at The Masters. 

Granger received her Bachelor of Arts degree from St. John Fisher and was a student-athlete herself, playing on the women's basketball team under legendary head coach Phil Kahler.

Updated 6/22/2026