CIAA Hall of Fame Members
In a career that spans three decades, Arlene Creek has served as a dynamic student-athlete pre-Title IX, when female athletes would have “Play Day” followed by socials. Post-Title IX, Creek was very instrumental in starting competitive college women’s team programs at Bowie State College, now Bowie State University, and securing coaches including herself in the sports. Leading Bowie State into the Maryland Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women – Creek became President of the Maryland Association of Women's Intercollegiate for Athletics for two years where she was named Coach of the Year and won two straight basketball championships in 1978 and 1979. While employed at Prince George’s County Board of Education, Creek served as a teacher, guidance counselor, high school vice principal and supervisor of transportation. In total, Creek has over 40 plus years of experience in education. Creek holds a certification in teaching and guidance and counseling in the state of Maryland K-12.
Creek spent five years as the Deputy Director of Athletics, Intramurals and Recreation and Senior Woman Administrator. During her time at Bowie State, Creek has served in a plethora of positions, including interim Director of Athletics, Associate Athletic Director, Game Manager, and Athletics Facility Coordinator, athletics liaison to the department of Public Safety, head women’s basketball coach and athletics assets manager. She spearheaded the installation of a turf field at Bulldog Stadium and the field house while completing the resurfacing of the basketball courts and bleacher replacement inside A.C. Jordan Arena as well as the renovation of the softball field at Bowie State. During her tenure as an administrator at BSU, Creek was a part of 22 CIAA championships while serving on the CIAA championship committee for softball, women's volleyball, baseball, women's bowling and the men's and women's basketball all-tournament selection.
A native of Edenborn, Pa., Creek received a degree in Health, Physical Education & Recreation from Bowie State in 1970 and a Master of Arts in Education from Virginia Polytech Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) 1981. During her years as a student at Bowie State, Creek received numerous awards in volleyball, field hockey, basketball and softball. As a freshman, she was selected as Freshman Female Athlete of the Year, and in 1978, she won the first championship for Bowie State College in women’s basketball.
Creek is a woman of many talents, she sang the National Anthem in 2007 for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field National Championship. Her memberships include the Association of Secondary School Administrators, Mid-Atlantic College Basketball Officials Association, Lifetime member of the Bowie State Sports Hall of Fame (2014), Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and Lifetime Member of the Bowie State University National Alumni Association, Inc.