An endowment established to honor longtime women’s athletic director Joan Cronan provides a graduate fellowship to former female student-athlete who wishes to follow in Cronan’s footsteps and advocate for women’s athletics. The recipient is a master’s student enrolled in the Sport Management program. A group led by prominent Tennessee alumnae Ann Furrow, Frankie Wade, and Janet McKinley conceived of the fellowship to honor Cronan and made the initial donations to fund it.
| Year | Recipient |
| 2014-15 | Raven Chavanne |
| 2015-16 | Raven Chavanne |
| 2016-17 | Tory Lewis |
| 2017-18 | Kelsi Schaer |
| 2018-19 | Erin Holland |
| 2019-20 | Vanessa Gonzalez |
| 2020-21 | Erin Gilroy |
| 2021-22 | Anna Harder Hannah Krukewitt |
| 2022-23 | Giana Pellizzon |