Dr. Mikki Baile served as an athletic administrator at at Old Dominion University from 1975 to 2004. She started her career as the school's field hockey from 1975-1979. She became the assistant athletic director in 1979, and later the senior associate athletic director.

Dr. Baile was instrumental in the growth of the athletic program which included 27 of the schools current 28 team national championships won. She served on the NCAA Council from 1983-87, was the chair of the NCAA Field Hockey Committee. She was tournament director for the 1983 Final Four Women's basketball tournament, as well as director for two NCAA field hockey National Tournaments at ODU.

Dr. Baile is a member of five other Sports Hall of Fame, and she was a member of the U.S National field hockey team and an accomplished athlete at West Chester State University where she played in the first AIAW basketball championship.